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

[Paul L Fisher]

I agree and that is what I said ;-)!


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.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Balser [mailto:masho95@charter.net] 
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:40 AM
To: Paul L Fisher; 'Carl Prochilo'; bjshov8@comcast.net
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - Computer- to turn off or not

I'd have to disagree about 98...ok well maybe it is the best of the 9x
series but don't bother putting anything more than 256mb of RAM in a 98
system or you might as well just use the RAM to hold a door open.  I would
always opt for 2000 of 98.  But then again if I was installing an OS on a
system I would put XP on it and not even give a second thought to the other
OS's.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>
To: "'Carl Prochilo'" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>; <bjshov8@comcast.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT - Computer- to turn off or not


> 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
>
> Visit my website: http://www.paul-fisher.com
> SHOClub Member: http://www.shoclub.com
>
> -----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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