> Turn them off if you're not going to use one for: > > 1 hour - fanless Macs > a few hours - fanned Macs. > > It's a balance between heat and age related failures vs failures caused > by surges at power-up. > > All IMHO, of course! > > Stuart
I heartily endorse Stuart's recommendations. Although the original intention by the designers was that the compacts could be left on 24/7, the sad truth is that only a small fraction of these macs can really survive a long time when operated continuously. There are components in the power supply that would be considered marginal even if a fan were present. Without a fan, they get quite toasty and age very fast. Yes, there are always a few "golden" machines in any production run that outperform the average (and a few lemons at the other extreme of the distribution). But *on* average, you can't reasonably expect these machines to run 100% of the time without complaint. --Tom -- Prof. Thomas H. Lee Center for Integrated Systems, CIS-205 420 Via Palou Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4070 http://www-smirc.stanford.edu 650-725-3709 ph, -3383 fax -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
