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From: peter@suntan.viewlogic.com (Peter Colby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Leaving a Mac on or off????
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Date: 7 Mar 91 16:36:40 GMT
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	I have owned a mac (the same one in fact) since the early days. I
got mine back in early 1984 and upgraded it twice, from a 128K => 512K Fat
Mac => Mac+ (both upgrades within a few months of there release by Apple.
I have upgraded my memory to 4M and added an external (top slot)
fan. I have also had an external 400K then 800K floppy since the day I
bought the machine. I ALWAYS turn this machine off when I'm done using it
unless I KNOW I'm going to be back within a couple of hours. I have also
put two different external HDs (85M & 330M) on this machine. Both drives
USED when I got them with an unknown number of hours of use. I turn off my
HD EVERY TIME I turn off the Mac (in fact, because of an additional problem
I occasionally have to power cycle my current HD to reboot the system).

	The ONLY failures I have ever had have been totally unrelated to
power cycling. I have had 2 (original) keyboards fail (stuck or non-working
keys) and one internal floppy fail (an improper disk insertion by a 4 year
old). Even my analog board is in great shape! (I also have a working IW-I
bought when I bought the original machine).

	Of course I don't use my mac all day, or even every day, but....
I could certainly disprove anybody's claims about power cycling causing
hardware failure.  Sorry.

	Peter C
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