[G4] Sleep vs Shutdown

[John Baltutis]

On 06/06/05, Snow White <jj4 at sympatico.ca> 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.

How do you manage not to restart? You must never install any System updates
which, from my experience, always call for a restart. BTW, I never sleep
the computer or its HDs, just the display (which consumes the most
electricity). This setup allows the system to always do the built-in
maintenance tasks and minimizes shutdowns.

Just my 2¢.