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In article <stewart.713727223@ecse.rpi.edu> stewart@ecse.rpi.edu (Paul Stewart) writes:
>bill@epnxt.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
>
>>I would like to turn off my NeXT at night.  [...]
> [...]
>However, unless there are good reasons for you to turn off your machine,
>I wouldn't suggest it, as there are many arguments that profess that 
>continuous operation is a bit more healthy for (UNIX) machines than frequent
>power-up/power-downs.

It _is_ more healthy for _any_ machine, especially if it has a hard disk.
Electrical transients and mechanical stresses originating from startups
and shutdowns are hard on components.

At the University of Puebla, where I used to work, there _still_ is a PC
clone with a 20 Mb disk that has not been turned off in almost seven
years, except for power failures.  It has given no trouble whatsoever.

Best regards,

Gerardo "missing his NeXTstation" Cisneros
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 Anything I said sound like an opinion? Then it's no one's but my own.