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|I need to know what you ST users out there do when you're not using your
|ST.  I have some friends who advocate leaving the computer and hardisk turned
|on, and others who say to turn them off. What do you guys do ?
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The actual effect of turning the computer and monitor on and off is small
enough to ignore. Electronics and crt's have come a long way since the days
that it was uniformly recommended to leave equipment on all the time. In
fact, unless you use a screen-saver, a modern crt will probably provide
better service if you turn it off when not in use (to avoid phosphor
burn-in).

But the hard drive is a different story. Like a car, acceleration and braking 
(e.g. turning it on and off) are what really causes the wear. Cruising at
highway speed causes little wear! So, you do not want to be turning you hard
drive on and off ten times day.

So, what I do is leave the computer on for the remainder of the day after I
start using it. I use a screen saver, Neodesk has one, and so does 
MACCELLII.PRG which someone recently mentioned they were going to post. When 
I retire for the day, I shut it off (I hate the noise). I anticipate
being able to buy a TT long before I have a problem!


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