[G4] Sleep vs Shutdown

[Robert Hazelrigg]

My opinion about restarting vs. Sleep mode was predicated by a  
document disseminated by Apple to me when I was an Apple employee.  
The document clearly stated that 90% of all conflicts occurred during  
a system boot. Hence Apple recommended that the system remaining on  
over the shut down option.


On Jun 6, 2005, at 2:10 PM, Snow White wrote:

> My personal experience is opposite what you have said.  In OS9 it  
> was better to Restart or Shutdown so the system could reset itself  
> and the Ram allocation.  In OSX (10.3 and 10.2) I have found that  
> the system works for a year at a time without Restarting or  
> Shutdown.  In OSX I highly recommend Sleep as a very viable  
> option.  Just make sure you have a UPS for power outages and Surge  
> protection for spikes because when the computer is on 24/7 there is  
> a 100% chance of both over a year.
>
> jj
>
>
> On 6-Jun-05, at 12:48 PM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com  
> wrote:
>
>
>> according to Apple... left on. At least that used to be the story  
>> pre-
>> OSX.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 6, 2005, at 8:54 AM, Roxylee wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Why not just use a jar of honey? It works fast and we all probably
>>> have some right in the kitchen cabinet. <just kidding!!> OK, I have
>>> a question. Is it better for the computer if it's left on all day,
>>> or to shut down and restart 5-10 times a day?
>>>
>
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