[X4U] My iMac is narcoleptic

[Brett George]

In my opinion, no, it's not a problem. After all, part of the system 
configuration is a control panel that allows you to set the time allowed 
before automatically going to sleep.

Also, I have my system, G4/1.33GHz/1.25GB Ram/OS 10.4.8, set to NEVER 
sleep. Only the monitor goes to sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity. 
The G4 has bee turned on for about 4 years now. Only shut down if I'm 
going to be away for more than a day and/or restarted for regular 
maintenance.
And I have not had any major problems what so ever.

I do think that sleeping the hard drive several times a day will shorten 
the machine's life expectancy.
I have also found that this ends up being nothing more than a personal 
prederence. Some people believe in shutting down completely every day, 
some in sleeping the entire system and some more in sleeping only the 
monitor.

That's my opinion for what it's worth.

brett


Mark Des Cotes wrote:
> OK, not really, but sometimes it seems that way.
>
> I have an iMac G5 at home. Ever since we started using OS X, back on 
> our old slot loading iMac DV, we've (the family) been in the habit of 
> putting the computer to sleep when we were done with it instead of 
> shutting it down. That's fine, I know. But for some reason the rest of 
> my family has started putting the computer to sleep each time they 
> leave it. Even if they know they'll be back in 10 minutes or so. I've 
> often left the computer to go do something or get something only to 
> have my wife or one of the kids tell me "you left the computer on". 
> Waking it up only takes a couple of seconds but can constantly 
> sleeping and waking it do any harm?
>
> Mark Des Cotes
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