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

[Paul L Fisher]

Exactly! '95 is OK, '98 is the best of the '9x series, if I get a machine
with ME, I put either 2000 or '98 depending on the size of the hardware.

I actually run W2K on Pentium 133 with 64 MB of RAM! It's for a shop floor
application. It takes 20 minutes to boot and log in but once it's logged in,
you run for months!

Paul L Fisher

1999 Ford Taurus SHO TR 64K - Stock. Kirk'ed.
1993 Ford Taurus SHO ATX 183K with some stuff. Sold 3/27/04.

See information about my '93! http://www.paul-fisher.com/SHO

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-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:14 AM
To: bjshov8@comcast.net
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - Computer- to turn off or not

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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