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From: keith@uhccux.UUCP (Keith Kinoshita)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Leaving a Mac on 24hrs
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Date: Tue, 18-Aug-87 20:30:40 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 18 20:30:40 1987
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Summary: Yeah, leave it on, but...
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In article <2693@husc6.UUCP> bangs@metatron.harvard.edu (Alex Bangs) writes:
>*--*
>I am interested in buying some Mac SE's with hard drives built-in, and
>I was wondering about leaving a Mac on for 24hrs. If I've got a fan on it,
>is it ok? I realize that some Mac's have flaky power supplies and thus might
>be more vulnerable to failure. Anyone out there always leave theirs on? My
>boss did and found out that one time he could not turn up the brightness--
>something has blown.
>
>Alex Bangs	Harvard Robotics Lab	bangs@metatron.harvard.edu

I used to routinely keep my Mac+ on for days, sometimes weeks on end,
and it's still functioning as good as when it came out of the box.
However, HECO (Hawaiian Electric Co) has seen fit recently
to provide my computer with numerous blackouts, power fluctuations,
and other nasty power beasties.  So I have now adopted the "turn it
off in case of a real beaut" policy.  If the power problems die out, I'll
probably go back to leaving it on.  (Oh yeah, I keep my Mac cool with
an IBM fan.  Yessiree, IBM makes great fans)  

With you getting a hard disk, power problems are more acute, but I don't
think you were talking about my type of "power supply" problems, were
you?  :-)  BTW, Mac SEs have bigger, more robust power supplies, so
that's one in your favor.  I'd say leave it on.
-- 
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