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- From: b259phl@utarlg.uta.edu (PHILIP LIPPEL)
- Subject: Re: leave OS/2 running - the monitor too?
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:56:00 GMT
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- > This is true with all computer equipment BTW. Switching a machine on and
- > off does really bad things to your system, *on a long term basis*. Most
- > users don't have the ability to buy a power conditioner and surge protector.
- >
- >>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...)?
- >
- > Hmm, I wouldn't do that, for the same reason. BTW, if you are going to
- > switch the monitor off, why not shut down the CPU too?
-
- Well most of us turn our TV's on and off on a daily basis and their lifetime
- seems pretty reasonable to me. Monitors are much the same as TV's
- , and I treat mine the same way.
- CPU's? I don't know anybody who has had the CPU on his PC fail, at
- least not before same CPU became obsolete in the sense that it could be replaced
- with a faster, more capable model for a very small amount of money. It is DISKS
- that are the problem. DISKS DO fail, and unfortunately for those of us who would
- like to be energy-conscious, they seem to fail more often if they are turned
- on and off than if they are left on continuously. Presumably this is because the
- spin up/spin down operations are much harder on the bearings than continuous
- rotation (or some similar effect).
-