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From: rubin@chocktaw.cis.ohio-state.edu (daniel j rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Leave the Mac on
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Date: 2 Mar 91 22:09:20 GMT
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>As part of a UIUC campus energy audit, we recently contacted several
>computer manufacturers (HP, IBM, Apollo) about whether it is a good
>idea to leave their PC's turned on or to turn them off immediately
>when not in use.
>
>Every manufacturer contacted so far has said to TURN THEM OFF.  HP has
>said that its burn-in testing process for PC's consists of cycling the
>power on and off every second for 24 hours.
>


Of course they want you to leave you computers on. That way when it dies
due gaps in the copper traces on the PC board from thermal stress of going
from hot to cold and vica-versa you can untimatly go out and buy another one
from them.....


They aren't stupid you know...
	
							- Dan Rubin