i m going 2 get a emac how long do i leave it on ?
can i leave it on all the time ? even over night ?
do i turn it off nights an turn it on again in morning ?
do i turn it on when i need it an turn it off when i m done ?

i heard if i turn it on an off too often that it causes unnecessary
stress on stuff cuz of heating an cooling an expansion an contraction

i would like 2 leave it on all the time but i dont know if i should

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On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:53:39 -0500, °b° unny wrote
(in article <ccn4g7$ja4$0@pita.alt.net>):

> i m going 2 get a emac how long do i leave it on ?
> can i leave it on all the time ? even over night ?
> do i turn it off nights an turn it on again in morning ?
> do i turn it on when i need it an turn it off when i m done ?
>
> i heard if i turn it on an off too often that it causes unnecessary
> stress on stuff cuz of heating an cooling an expansion an contraction
>
> i would like 2 leave it on all the time but i dont know if i should
>
>

For what it's worth, I used to own a business which had an all-Mac network of
a dozen or so stations. Over the years we ran iMacs, G3s, PowerMacs, you name
it. We had a policy of never shutting them off for the reasons you cited, and
in the seven years I was there I never had a hardware failure. One PowerMac
ran the whole seven years like that. For all I know, it's still running.

Wiley wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:53:39 -0500, °b° unny wrote
> (in article <ccn4g7$ja4$0@pita.alt.net>):
>
>
>>i m going 2 get a emac how long do i leave it on ?
>>can i leave it on all the time ? even over night ?
>>do i turn it off nights an turn it on again in morning ?
>>do i turn it on when i need it an turn it off when i m done ?
>>
>>i heard if i turn it on an off too often that it causes unnecessary
>>stress on stuff cuz of heating an cooling an expansion an contraction
>>
>>i would like 2 leave it on all the time but i dont know if i should
>>
>>
>
>
> For what it's worth, I used to own a business which had an all-Mac network of
> a dozen or so stations. Over the years we ran iMacs, G3s, PowerMacs, you name
> it. We had a policy of never shutting them off for the reasons you cited, and
> in the seven years I was there I never had a hardware failure. One PowerMac
> ran the whole seven years like that. For all I know, it's still running.
>
thank u for sharing ur info !

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In article <0001HW.BD1484D1003FB217F0386600@Text-West.Newsfeeds.com>,
Wiley <wiley@E.coyote> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:53:39 -0500, °b° unny wrote
> (in article <ccn4g7$ja4$0@pita.alt.net>):
>
> > i m going 2 get a emac how long do i leave it on ?
> > can i leave it on all the time ? even over night ?
> > do i turn it off nights an turn it on again in morning ?
> > do i turn it on when i need it an turn it off when i m done ?
> >
> > i heard if i turn it on an off too often that it causes unnecessary
> > stress on stuff cuz of heating an cooling an expansion an contraction
> >
> > i would like 2 leave it on all the time but i dont know if i should
> >
> >
>
> For what it's worth, I used to own a business which had an all-Mac network of
> a dozen or so stations. Over the years we ran iMacs, G3s, PowerMacs, you name
> it. We had a policy of never shutting them off for the reasons you cited, and
> in the seven years I was there I never had a hardware failure. One PowerMac
> ran the whole seven years like that. For all I know, it's still running.
>

I run most of mine all the time. OSX expects you to leave the computer
on all the time and schedules unix maintenance tasks for late at night,
so it won't interfere with you using the computer.

If you get automatic backup software, it will benefit by backing up in
the middle of the night.

You should set the Energy Saver panel to let the monitor sleep. That
will prevent the monitor from wearing out before necessary. And it will
wake up quickly enough.
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On 7/9/04 8:14 PM, in article ccng89$9uf$1@pita.alt.net, "°b° unny"
<bunny@bun.invalid> wrote:

> Wiley wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:53:39 -0500, °b° unny wrote
>> (in article <ccn4g7$ja4$0@pita.alt.net>):
>>
>>
>>> i m going 2 get a emac how long do i leave it on ?
>>> can i leave it on all the time ? even over night ?
>>> do i turn it off nights an turn it on again in morning ?
>>> do i turn it on when i need it an turn it off when i m done ?
>>>
>>> i heard if i turn it on an off too often that it causes unnecessary
>>> stress on stuff cuz of heating an cooling an expansion an contraction
>>>
>>> i would like 2 leave it on all the time but i dont know if i should
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> For what it's worth, I used to own a business which had an all-Mac network of
>> a dozen or so stations. Over the years we ran iMacs, G3s, PowerMacs, you name
>> it. We had a policy of never shutting them off for the reasons you cited, and
>> in the seven years I was there I never had a hardware failure. One PowerMac
>> ran the whole seven years like that. For all I know, it's still running.
>>
> thank u for sharing ur info !

I also leave all my computers (Macs & PCs) on 24/7. The hardest thing you
can do to a computer is turn it on and off.

Turning it on in the morning and off at night is very much OK. It's turning
it on, using for 15 minutes, shutting down, coming back an hour later, etc.,
that's really bad.

Just set the energy saver to go to sleep and leave it on.
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Brian Ehni