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From: sho@maxwell.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Leave it on?  Or once a week?
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Date: 14 Feb 90 20:10:43 GMT
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In article <1990Feb14.052956.4203@csuf3b.CSUFresno.EDU> jamespa@csuf3b.UUCP (James Paul) writes:
>Well and fine, but remember that hard disks have a MTBF rating (mean time
>between failure) and usually spin at about 3000 RPM. :-) If you don't mind
>eating your disk drive's time away, no problem.

On the contrary.  I'd heard that almost all the wear and tear on a hard
disk was due to power up and power down, where the heads might come
into contact with the disk, or some such.  

-Sho
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sho@physics.purdue.edu  <<-- me, I turn mine off every night.
                             but I have the noise mac II fan...