dempsey@sdcrdcf.UUCP (John Dempsey) (03/04/86)
I recently purchased a Unix PC. Reading the Owner's Manual, I came
across:
"Do not turn off the power at the end of each day. Doing so
causes unnecessary strain on your system."
There would seem to be tradeoffs of keeping the system on versus
keeping the system off. Take extreme cases. Say I will only work on
the Unix PC during the weekends. Is it better to turn off the Unix PC
monday thru friday, or keep it on? In an office environment, is it better
to keep the machine on over the weekends or to turn it off? I don't
mind leaving the machine on all the time, but I'm not interested in
unnecessarily wearing it out for extended periods of time while I'm not
using it.
Should I keep the Unix PC on all the time?
John D.
P.S. I realize that if the PC is not on that:
1) It would be rather difficult for a remote user to logon.
2) The battery will not be recharging since it only charges
while the system is actually running and not while it is
just plugged in.
3) The system uses Sunday night to clean up unneeded files on
the Unix PC. Of course, I think if one were to change the
date/time or run the command(s) themselves, the result would be
the same.
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