| From: | Gavin Rogers |
| Date: | 22 Mar 2001 at 17:54:46 |
| Subject: | Re: slow |
Hi Bill,
Bill Eaves wrote:
> 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.
I can sortof vouch for what Alan is saying. Because in my machine here at work,
I usually have it on 24/7. However one day I decided to switch it off before
going home and I came in the next day to find that the Hard-Disk wouldn't spin
up again. This is a 1 year old thing that couldn't handle a power off without
seizing up! I'm sure if I had kept the damn thing going non-stop it'd still be
working today ..
So power offs can do damage IMHO, especially after long usage.
Gavin
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