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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Do you guys turn your machines on and off every day, or even several times a day? It's my contention that this causes more stress on a machine than leaving it running, as it is with light bulbs. They tend to blow when you first switch them on, rather than when they've been running a while. I doubt the electrical analogy is correct, but I seem to be able to avoid mechanical problems.
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My desktop is up 24/7. It gets rebooted if I install software that requires it, or if I'm booting into a different OS. (It has Win2K Pro, WinXP Pro, and Linux installed.)
It only gets turned off if I have to fiddle with hardware.
The electricity cost is not a factor here.
Over the years, the things that have failed in my systems have been power supplies. No surprise: PCs are commodities with commodity pricing, and manufacturers are always looking to squeeze pennies from the cost. Power supplies are one area where pennies get saved.
I could turn it off, but there is convenience in simply leaving it on: various things can be set to happen while I'm asleep, and not impact foreground usage.
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Dennis