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- From: brown-sh@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu (shawn c brown)
- Subject: Re: leave OS/2 running - the monitor too?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.200101.21343@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Sender: news@cis.ohio-state.edu (NETnews )
- Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
- References: <4706@drsrv1.hmi.de> <1ha9faINN5ch@travis.csd.harris.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:01:01 GMT
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- In article <1ha9faINN5ch@travis.csd.harris.com> kbeal@amber (Ken Beal) writes:
- >Fritsch_Wolfgang (pfr@drsrv1.hmi.de) wrote:
- >: Someone discussed here the pros and cons of leaving OS/2 running
- >: 24 hours a day. The main argument was that this means less wear to the
- >: electronics than switching on/off does.
- >:
- >: O.k. now, but what about the monitor? Would it be advisable to
- >: switch off the monitor overnight (assuming that one does not work
- >: overnight...)?
- >
- >That would be best. Monitors don't draw quite as much power as a computer,
- >but every little bit helps.
-
- I don't know where you got your information but monitors draw a
- great deal more power than the compters themselves...
-
- Shawn Brown
-