[X4U] Leaving an iMac running 24/7

[Lars Bertelsen]

I am fairly certain Randy is right on here: iMacs 
will almost certainly last longer if they aren't 
turned on all the time!
That being said, I have one of the early 20" iMac 
G5's, and it hasn't been turned off very often 
since I got it. The screen is allowed to sleep 
and I also let it spin the drive down when it 
doen't need it; there is very litle lag when the 
drive spins up again so it isn't really a problem.
So far I have had absolutely no problems.
All in all, I think it is probably more of an 
academic question than a real one.
Keep good backups (we all do anyway don't we? ;-) 
) and even if the drive should die, you just pop 
in a new one. Drives are cheap! As for the rest 
of the electronics, chances are that if they 
don't burn out in the first six months, then 
they'll live for a looong time.
Also, even if your iMac doesn't last more than 
four, five or six years, do you really care? By 
then we'll probably all be running on DNA 
computers that live in a small, damp matchbox or 
something! ;-)

Lars Bertelsen


>John Richardson said:
>
>>Is there any downside to running an iMac G5 20" all the time?
>
>This is a subject that has been debated many times.
>

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