Frank Cornew on 6/23/01 7:59 AM wrote:
> Looking for suggestions on how to shutdown the computer after a given
> period of keyboard/mouse inactivity, or at a specific time... while
> managing to sheperd the process through typical dialog boxes (e.g.
> save work in open documents), etc.
>
> The energy saver CP initiated shutdown always seems to be deceived by
> some kind of background activity for the timeout shutdown (which is
> why I'm interested in keyboard inactivity), and both it and the
> scheduled shutdown always seem to get hung up in dialogs regarding
> save work, etc.
>
> I want to do this because my wife refuses to turn off the computer,
> and will leave it on for days at a time without using it. Please
> don't recommend counseling.
>
> Looks like a job for applescript, but I want to make sure its worth
> the trouble to learn, or that there is not a better option out there.
> I may just put a timer on the 110 to the dock.
Are you talkin about a PowerBook?
I generally don't shut mine down. I usually let it go to sleep, or put it to
sleep if I plan to transport it.
As for a desktop Mac. I can't remember the last time I shut down my G3 here
at home or my G4 at work. They run 24/7 but as with the PowerBook, they go
to sleep. I also have a 7100 I use as a DSL router that is always on 24
hours a day.
The kids use an iMac and two 8500s which are always left on too. Course they
rarely leave ;^)
Thankfully I live in Indiana where energy costs haven't skyrocketed. So
other than saving electricity I don't know what reason there is for shutting
down the computer. They generally experience the most wear & tear on their
circuitry while warming up and cooling down when you turn them on or off.
Drives are the only moving part and they're generally expected to live for
tens of thousands of hours. My 7100 has a 10 GIG Micropolis in it that has
been running continuously for over five years so it's doing pretty well. And
the drives in my G3/4 spin down when asleep.
-makmac
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