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Smitty Two

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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:48:05 -0700, Smitty Two
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So my choices a

1. Turn the computer off, extending the life of everything in it with
the possible exception of the drive. Back up my data.

2. Leave the computer on 24/7, shortening the life of everything in it
with the possible exception of the drive. Don't back up my data, but
hope I can postpone the inevitable day when I will lose it all.

That's a choice I can make faster than an electron can travel an inch.

You missed the point. If you are walking away from your machine more
than 8 hours you turn it off. Otherwise the study says leave it on.
How many times do you power your machine off and on in a day?
How often do you back up your data?

My office computer is on all day when I'm at work, off nights and
weekends. My home computer is almost always on when I'm home and awake,
off at night, off if I'll be out of the house for more than an hour or
two.

But the "common wisdom," that most people I know seem to have adopted,
is to leave the computer on 24/7/365. So you're not advocating that?

Data is backed up weekly, which is entirely adequate for my needs, but I
would think others might need or want to do it more or less often.