[P1] Power ON or OFF

don hinkle donhinkle at att.net
Sun Aug 31 18:11:54 PDT 2003


Ken, how do you set your timing so as to not let the iBook sleep 
overnight all the time? Or do you just use sleep as a manual thing and 
keep the energy saver set for No Sleep? Or wot and how?
-don

Ken Anderson wrote:

> 
> On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 09:47  AM, Chris Weinkauf wrote:
> 
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> Just a quick question.  Would it do any harm for me to leave my iBook 
>> on 24/7? or should I shut it down at night?  Just migrated from the PC 
>> world where I had to shut the thing off or it might blow up.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Chris
> 
> 
> Chris,
> 
> First off, welcome to the iBook and Mac community as a whole! That said..
> 
> I leave my own iBook on 24/7 and don't always let it sleep, same with my 
> G3 tower.  By not always sleeping overnight the Unix self maintenance 
> stuff runs (at like 3 AM) and keeps things running smooth and problem free.
> 
> At least that's how I do it.  Someone please correct me if I am wrong on 
> the maintenance things.
> 
> Enjoy your new iBook!
> 
> Ken
> 



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