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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Leaving Mac On
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Date: 11 Feb 91 04:43:57 GMT
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In article <6140@idunno.Princeton.EDU>, rlwald@phoenix.princeton.edu (Rob Wald) writes:
> 
> 
>   What is the current wisdom on leaving your computer on? I have a IIci
> with a 105mb Quantum drive (if it makes a difference). Is it better to 
> leave it on if I'm going to use it several times a day? Overnight?
> Thanks.

I also have a IIci w/ 105mb Quantum.  I've been leaving it on almost
constantly for the last six months - mostly so it can be part of usenet
and poll every hour.  Sometimes I turn off the monitor mainly to
cut the heating of the room in warm weather.

In a previous life I left my Mac II and its monitors on for about two years, 
turning it off only when on vacation or over long weekend.  Never a trouble.

-- michael


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