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From: v564huce@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Allen Hsu)
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Subject: Leaving a Mac on or off????
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Date: 3 Mar 91 05:22:37 GMT
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Yo!
	(This is the normal greeting for me okay??)  Morning all Netlanders.
I think I'll hop in at this point.  Bear with me, this is my first attempt
at posting :-).
	The questions of whether a Mac should be left on or off is a VERY
hotly debated one with no answer.  My advice will come in two parts.  First,
be consistent.  Yes, turning it on and off ALL the time is abusive on the
system, but if you do that often, the system does adapt and "gets used to it"
in a way.  So, if you do turn it on for an hour or so 5 times a day, keep
it up.  If you leave it on for 2 -5 hours at a time, do that.
	Part 2, turn it off when you can.  I agree with some of the other folks
that helping the environment any way we can is for the better.  A boot cycle
is only a few seconds, you can wait.  Besides, for all us poor students,
saving every penny on bills means more money for hardware :-)!!!!!
	This is certainly not the end of the debate, but it may help settle
a few minds.
	-happily posted by...-

			Allen Hsu,
			SUNY At Buffalo
			School Of Law and
			UBMicro Sales Center

	-Everyone is entitled to my opinion, some even pay for it-