[G4] Sleep or leave running?

[Paul Moortgat]

We've 3 Macs under power.  When not running, they sleep.  For years  
now.  So far so good.

Paul Moortgat

On 10 Jan 2008, at 05:21, nagable at comcast.net wrote:

> To put a fly in your ointment:
>
> I used a Power Mac 5500 as a server from 1997 to 2005, and 3 G4s  
> from 2000 to 2005. Never shut them down.  They were still going  
> when they were replaced by Dell servers.  I repaired Macs for a  
> school district and rarely had a power supply problem.  They were  
> usually left running in the computer labs.
>
> For what it's worth.
>
> Nate
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: jonny <g4 at salemoregon.com>
>>> I've spent 29 years in the semiconductor industry and
>>> have qualified many product after various "stress"
>>> tests.
>>>
>>> No-one has ever suggested a "turn-on, turn-off" test
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> We do however perform accelerated life tests at above
>>> normal Voltages and temperatures. I have to tell you
>>> that semiconductors DO wear out with continuous usage.
>>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Thank you, John <all>...for an interesting & informative thread.
>>
>> I'm going to begin shutting down when I'm through for the day, and
>> sleeping when I'm inactive.  I used to do this ALL the time, then for
>> whatever reason, I stopped doing it about a year ago.
>>
>> Thanks for the reminder to protect my mac AND conserve energy.
>>
>> jonny
>