rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu (01/20/89)
I know it's been discussed before, but I'd like to hear current opinions on whether its better to leave a Mac on permanently or turn it off every day and on again the next day. David Rudolph rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu University of Illinois
ted@hpwrce.HP.COM ( Ted Johnson) (01/23/89)
I turn mine off (even though I have an expensive surge protector) because my neighborhood has a lot of brownouts & power glitches. -Ted
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (01/24/89)
In article <8400056@m.cs.uiuc.edu> rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
<I know it's been discussed before, but I'd like to hear current opinions on
<whether its better to leave a Mac on permanently or turn it off every day
<and on again the next day.
Maybe it depends on which Mac you have (an older one where the power
supply might go out) and where you live (earthquake prone areas).
I shut off the Mac II at work so my hard disk is not positioned inappro-
priately in case of an earthquake.
Recently, when the power supply went on the 512+ at home, I suspect that
my not catching it in time contributed to the additional damage suffered
by the Monster Mac memory upgrade.
But I'd like to hear what others think also.
Shirley KehrAXS101@PSUVM.BITNET (Adrian Sullivan) (01/25/89)
In article <80456@felix.UUCP>, kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) says: >In article <8400056@m.cs.uiuc.edu> rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: ><I know it's been discussed before, but I'd like to hear current opinions on ><whether its better to leave a Mac on permanently or turn it off every day ><and on again the next day. >Maybe it depends on which Mac you have (an older one where the power >supply might go out) and where you live (earthquake prone areas). >I shut off the Mac II at work so my hard disk is not positioned inappro- >priately in case of an earthquake. >But I'd like to hear what others think also. >Shirley Kehr i run a bbs, and my mac SE (with internal 20meg, and two external 60meg cms dri ves) is constantly running. havn't found any problems so far, except that every so often when i look closely at the monitor, i can catch a scan line, it hasn' t become a problem yet, but if i was doing some type of graphic arts or somethi ng, i'm sure it would bug me. anyone else with this 1/2 centimeter line that cr awls down the little screen? (ps- i turn down the brightness till nothing can b e seen when i am not using the system). ------- --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- -Adrian Sullivan, Vice President PAMUG == -==- Little Mac BBs --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--== -==- (814) 238-4276 - axs101@psuvm.bitnet axs@psuarch.bitnet == -==- 2400/1200bps --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--== -==- 8-n-1 24hrs