[P1] Mac OS X not so stable...

[Jack Rodgers]

On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 03:26  PM, Gloria Vogel wrote:

> I tend to leave my desktop G4 on and sleep my iBook, and he always 
> turns off his desktop G4 even if only for ten minutes' absence from > it.

Someone once posted a time to resolve that problem. The question is 
when does the stress and wear on a computer show a difference, in other 
words does the computer wear out more if left on than if let cool and 
restart? And what components suffer more, a on off switch will wear out 
from use but not if the computer is let run.

I've never seen a light bulb fail while in use but I've seen many fail 
just as they were turned on. I did short circuit an entire hotel once 
when changing a light bulb but that seems unrelated.

I would imagine the stress of shutting down and starting up is harder 
on a computer than letting it run, for reasonable times. Sleep is 
probably less so.

Instant on circuits blur the line with a small trickle of energy.

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