I've been told by a techition to leave my computer on 24/7 so' scheduled
tasks' run, and I have been told by another one to shut it down at night. I'm
confused, what should I do?
It's either/or. Good arguments for each. Me? I leave it on all day,
off at night, or if I am going to be gone for a long time & unknown when
I'll be back.. You set your monitor to go into sleep mode after 10 minutes
of non-use. That's what draws most of the power, not the computer.
The question comes down to hard drives - is it better to let it spin 24/7,
or turn it off & on.. Some people say starting it up puts strain on it,
and others say having it run 24/7 will burn it out faster.. You do save a
bit by shutting down in electric bills, and with hard drive costing like
460 nowadays on sale, maybe you save enough electricity to pay for a new
hard drive in how many years?
I do have a 2nd and 3rd computer here. One is a P2 and the other a P3
both running Win 98. The P2 I know was in an office environment, because
when I bought it for like $50, it was loaded for an office as part of a
network. All I am saying is that with both the P2 and P3, the hard drives
still work fine, and I'll bet the P2 was used every day for a long time..
but I can't ask if they left it on or off at night...
So there you go. Take your pick.
And btw, the P2 works fine as wireless on a little home network of mine,
and realizes broadband speed - just saying to anyone, that a P2 & win 98
can do this - I use a USB wireless device in it, not a card in a slot
(card wouldn't work).
...D.
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