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In article <B0FB807E966810724C@195.173.76.4>,
ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk (Ben Lovejoy) wrote:

>Subject: Re: Sleep mode dangers?
>From: Ben Lovejoy
>Organization: Not bad, usually, sometimes a bit sloppy
>Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 13:54:06 +0000
>Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac
>
>robin@moneypit.demon.co.ku (Robin Jackson) wrote:
>
>>>Assuming that a PowerBook is used daily, so the battery won't run flat, are
>>>there any dangers in never shutting it down, but merely closing the lid to
>>>put it into sleep mode?
>>>
>>>Ben, the man too impatient to wait for his machine to start-up :-)
>
>>I don't know the answer BUT I have been using a Powerbook 520, 3400 or now
>>G3 for around 3 years.
>>
>>I seldom bother to shutdown my system.  I very often cart the thing around
>>in my boot in sleep mode and so far (touch wood) have never had any
>>problems.
>
>Excellent, that's two of you. Bye-bye Mr Shutdown. :-)
>
>Ben
>

You could always use the startup time to eat some Bandits....... :-)

I seem to remember a warning with the Duo not to leave it on indefinitely
but nothing about not shutting it down. 

Gordon


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