The 03.06.17 at 19:39, Peter Evans wrote:
All are true. Moreover, one reason I've seen for leaving it on certainly doesn't apply: there is (or used to be) a myth in 'doze-using circles that booting a Linux machine is a lengthy process; with this machine at least, it's fast.
Well, the Me version of that is certainly faster boting up that 8.1. But if the computer is going to be unused for some hours, then I don't care if it takes even two or three minutes to boot up.
Well, I'd read that the wear 'n' tear on bits of computer caused by leaving them on tended to be outweighed by that of heating them up and cooling them down.
:-? Well, there are certain components, like electrolitic capacitors, whose life is certainly decreased by heating.
look tomorrow. In the meantime, just for a change, I'll turn off this system when I leave for home ten minutes from now.
Good :-) The environment will thank you a lot :-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson