| From: | Bill Eaves |
| Date: | 22 Mar 2001 at 14:16:53 |
| Subject: | Re: slow |
Hello Alan
> its better for a computers life-span to leave it on 24/7 - so,
> environmentally you wont have to bin/trash several PCB boards and a pile
> of plastic and non-recyclable metal parts :-)
I have heard this before and the argument is really complete nonsense.
Even if switching on and off far more than would be normal thetime taken to
damage any computer hardware is still far longer than its usual replacement
time anyway.
What's the point of saving a few percent to the lifespan of a board when it
gets replaced by a newer and faster model only a short time into its
useable lifetime.
I did get worried though when in recent power cuts my HD was switched on and
off several times in a couple of seconds before I could hit the off switch
- but that was a totally abnormal situation - and at that point I did wish
the Miggy had been switched off.
>> Plus after some crashes you have no option to do a cold reboot a warm
>> reset is not enough :-(
> really? I find that holding down the ctrl-A-A for 10 seconds will kill all
> problems - thats a full reset without the damage of power-cycling.
I have had some crashes that locked the keyboard before now and therefore
doing the KB reset was not an option :-(
Regards,
Bill.
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