djlinse@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Dennis Linse) (06/28/88)
A quick gathering of opinions.
(Sorry New Jerseyians, but I gave you two weeks and only got one
response, so here it is again.)
How often should we turn off and on our computers and peripherals?
Is it better to leave them on all the time? All day? Only when in use?
Some combination of the above?
I'm looking for more than simple rumors, but those would be o.k. I
suppose.
We specifically have IBM PC's which we leave on all of the time, a Mac
II which stays on most of the time, a unix box which stays on all of the
time, a Laserwriter that stays on all of the time, and an Imagen laser
printer that is only turned on when needed (it has a fan with an
obnoxious high pitched sound).
Would it be better to turn them all on in the morning and off at night?
What is the break-even point?
Any and all opinions welcome.
Please respond by Email and I'll post a summary of interesting results
(if I get any, that is).
Dennis djlinse@{phoenix,pucc}.princeton.edu
djlinse@pucc.bitnet
(and probably something with a lot of exclamation
points that includes rutgers, but I don't exactly
know what it is.)
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-- not even for very large values of 2