v564huce@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Allen Hsu) (03/03/91)
Yo! (This is the normal greeting for me okay??) Morning all Netlanders. I think I'll hop in at this point. Bear with me, this is my first attempt at posting :-). The questions of whether a Mac should be left on or off is a VERY hotly debated one with no answer. My advice will come in two parts. First, be consistent. Yes, turning it on and off ALL the time is abusive on the system, but if you do that often, the system does adapt and "gets used to it" in a way. So, if you do turn it on for an hour or so 5 times a day, keep it up. If you leave it on for 2 -5 hours at a time, do that. Part 2, turn it off when you can. I agree with some of the other folks that helping the environment any way we can is for the better. A boot cycle is only a few seconds, you can wait. Besides, for all us poor students, saving every penny on bills means more money for hardware :-)!!!!! This is certainly not the end of the debate, but it may help settle a few minds. -happily posted by...- Allen Hsu, SUNY At Buffalo School Of Law and UBMicro Sales Center -Everyone is entitled to my opinion, some even pay for it-
peter@suntan.viewlogic.com (Peter Colby) (03/08/91)
I have owned a mac (the same one in fact) since the early days. I
got mine back in early 1984 and upgraded it twice, from a 128K => 512K Fat
Mac => Mac+ (both upgrades within a few months of there release by Apple.
I have upgraded my memory to 4M and added an external (top slot)
fan. I have also had an external 400K then 800K floppy since the day I
bought the machine. I ALWAYS turn this machine off when I'm done using it
unless I KNOW I'm going to be back within a couple of hours. I have also
put two different external HDs (85M & 330M) on this machine. Both drives
USED when I got them with an unknown number of hours of use. I turn off my
HD EVERY TIME I turn off the Mac (in fact, because of an additional problem
I occasionally have to power cycle my current HD to reboot the system).
The ONLY failures I have ever had have been totally unrelated to
power cycling. I have had 2 (original) keyboards fail (stuck or non-working
keys) and one internal floppy fail (an improper disk insertion by a 4 year
old). Even my analog board is in great shape! (I also have a working IW-I
bought when I bought the original machine).
Of course I don't use my mac all day, or even every day, but....
I could certainly disprove anybody's claims about power cycling causing
hardware failure. Sorry.
Peter C
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(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)(O) (O)(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) (03/13/91)
In article <1991Mar7.163640.1323@viewlogic.com> peter@suntan.viewlogic.com (Peter Colby) writes: > Of course I don't use my mac all day, or even every day, but.... >I could certainly disprove anybody's claims about power cycling causing >hardware failure. Sorry. And I used to turn my Mac on and off, and my power supply failed. Twice. So I can prove power cycling DOES cause hardware failure, and I've got twice as much evidence as you. So there! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) -- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com) I don't speak for my employer. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | When I was young, my family bought a color TV. Our neigbors, who | | were poorer, had only a black-and-white set. They bought a piece of | | cellophane, red on top, yellow in the middle, and blue on the bottom, | | and taped it over their screen, so they could claim that they had a | | color TV, too. | | Now there's Windows 3.0. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------