[Shotimes] OT - Computer- to turn off or not

[bjshov8@comcast.net]

This will be an eternal argument- do you turn it off or leave it running.  I have been working with PC's about as long as anybody and have yet to see a clear answer to this.  My procedure at home is to turn on my PC when I need it, then leave it on until I'm certain that I'm through with it for the day, then turn it off.  It's usually turned on for a couple of hours every day, but only turned on once per day.  OTOH our computers at work run 24/7.  Some years back I let my home computer run 24/7 also.

Here are some observations, certainly not scientific studies or conclusions of any kind:
1)  My monitor left on 24/7 seemed to die an early death.
2)  Our computers running 24/7 seem to have more hard drive failures than my home computer.  However my sampling at home is 1 out of 1 still running.  Our sampling at work is 3 out of 5 failed.
3)  Win98SE will work fine 24/7 but needs to be restarted every 3 or 4 days or it will run out of resources.
 
> Who in their right mind shuts down a PC? I leave mine running 24x7 and just
> let the daily (joke) security patch updates restart the PC for me.