An everlasting discussion with a vast amount of varied opinions. Take your
pick:
<http://www.google.com/search?q=shut+it+off+or+not%2C+computer+wear&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a>
I have always turned them off, all of them, every time I leave my desk. I
have never experienced any damage of any kind as a consequence. Expanding
and shrinking plastics and circuits, and all that stuff has never impeded
any of my boxes from starting or caused them to wear down more rapidly or
decreased their lifetime.
I have given away boxes that I used for two or three years and subjected
them to the very same power cycling and which are still working hard,
three and four years later. In one of them I had to recently replace the
CPU's fan when it gave up the ghost. Frank Ross continues using it daily,
as we speak.
My TV I turn off also, every time I'm away from it. It is made of the same
plastics and circuitry as my computer is and it doesn't suffer any more
wear and tear for this either. That one I bought at Circuit City in 1990,
made in the Republic of China, BTW, and not by the danged communist
capitalists (talk about an antithesis).
I've had light bulbs last forever and yet others will turn on once and die
immediately within a blink of an eye, Poof!
I don't mean to sway your norm on this subject, I'm only stating what I do
and that is that EVERY time I'm away from my desk I turn off the computer
and when I return I turn it on again, an average of fifteen times, at
least, per day.
I bought this one on January the 20th of this year. I'll be sure to post
as to its demise, should it occur prior to mine. I bought it because I
wanted a dual core, 64 BIT box with booting from USB capabilities.
Armando
--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Richard <modelworker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Richard <modelworker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [triadtechtalk] Re: Computer running
To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 11:35 AM
Re turning the PC off or leaving it on:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2009-03-25-pc-power-company-costs_N.htm
or http://tinyurl.com/cchzyq
http://www.goodcleantech.com/2009/03/report_half_of_us_workers_do_n.php
I turn off my computer every time I'm away from it. IOW, my computer is
cycled on and off a minimum of 15 times every day.
Armando
Good stuff, Armando. I'm interested, however, if there is some kind of
harm done to the system if it is continually cycled on and off over the
day. A silly and probably invalid comparison would be with an incandescent
light bulb. Regarding the life of the filament, cycling on and off will
shorten its life (or so my old man used to tell me). In other words, if
you're only going to be gone for a short while, leave it on. What say you
on the potential damage done to components within a computer system? Is
there any?
Best,
Richard
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