[accesscomp] Re: a basic computer question
- From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:36:11 -0700
There's a few ways to go with this.
If you're stuck on this green nonsense you will want to turn off the
computer because it theoretically uses less energy.
Yes, some of the components actually do last longer if left on. You're
thinking old school moving parts, this is a matter of seriously tiny
massively integrated circuits that can easily break. When you heat and cool
these tiny devices they stress and over time break. Just like brain cells
the more pathways break the less reliable the whole system becomes.
However, this is almost directly countered by the fact that yes, your hard
disk when left on will die sooner so really, the best configuration possible
is to leave the computer itself on, allow the disks to sleep and insure that
you don't have any programs that prevent the disks from entering a sleep
state, and allow your monitor to use its power saving features. That way
the non moving parts stay stable, the hard drive shuts down and your monitor
is only on when someone's at the keyboard.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Desiree Oudinot" <turtlepower17@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:48 PM
Subject: [accesscomp] a basic computer question
Hi,
I would like to know what the general consensus is for whether you
should leave your computer on all the time or shut it down every day.
I read an article which said that the cycle of shutting down and
restarting wears the parts out faster or something, but in my opinion
the parts would wear out faster if you left them running all the time.
Wouldn't the computer also be more likely to overheat if you do this?
I'm just curious, because I'm trying to keep this computer working as
long as possible, and as wondering which would be better for it. I'm
also planning to get an ftp server running in the near future, so I
have a feeling my computer will be on a lot anyway. Any thoughts on
this would be appreciated.
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