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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Does Turning off PC's everyday do any real damage?
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Date: 8 Mar 88 14:54:45 GMT
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Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg)
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There's another aspect to consider, in favor of turning computers off. 
Components do not have infinite life -- especially disk drive bearings
and other mechanical thingies --, so turning systems off will help
preserve the life of these components.

Personally, I leave my 3b1 and 3b2 computers on all the time, and turn
off my PC clone at night.  So far, I've had to replace one monochrome
monitor on the clone.
-- 
Peter Holsberg                  UUCP: {rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh
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