From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 5 22:53:46 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5CF216A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 22:53:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from one.valcatohosting.com (one.valcatohosting.com [67.19.219.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8640343D2F for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 22:53:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adam@moosoft.net) Received: from cpc3-nthc1-4-0-cust42.nrth.cable.ntl.com ([213.107.150.42] helo=[192.168.1.202]) by one.valcatohosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1CxYo0-0008MZ-Qx; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:53:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> References: <200502051745.25937.hindrich@worldchat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam McMaster Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 22:53:40 +0000 To: Peterhin X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - one.valcatohosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - moosoft.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving a Computer Running ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:53:46 -0000 On 5 Feb 2005, at 22:45, Peterhin wrote: > > Is it better to leave a computer (a stand alone) running continuously > or > is it OK to shut it down at the end of the day.? > I remember years ago someone mentioned that it is better for the > circuitry to leave it running. > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated > This has probably been discussed thousands of times in various places. All the discussions I've seen seem to conclude that neither leaving it running nor turning it off would be significantly better or worse than the other. -- - Adam McMaster