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

[Carl Prochilo]

The PC that acts as the server in my house (and which runs the mail
server I use to communicate with these lists) runs 24x7.  My gaming
machine is used as needed.  My work laptop also runs 24x7.  Windows
2000 is a far superior OS to 9x series, to the point if it weren't
for all the security patches would never need to be rebooted.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

bjshov8@comcast.net said:
> 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.
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