Re: the mac, shutting down, and other things

[Scott Howell]

No, my point is putting it to sleep makes more sense just because your  
not consuming electricity which you pay for. I think the reasoning a  
lot of folks had for leaving the machines on was more do to the fact  
hardware like hard drives were less likely to fail if left running. My  
point is that I've done it both ways and I've noticed no difference.  
For example, I left several machines running all day and night for  
years when I was hosting my own domain. All I succeeded in doing is  
replacing fans more frequently, putting up with the noise, and paying  
to keep all those machines up. Now that I no longer have my own domain  
and all Macs, I turn it on in the evening when I come home from work  
and I've done this with several machines and they all have been just  
fine. I think turning them on and off within minutes or maybe an hour  
might start to wear parts out.