In Digest V2004 #73, the person identified as Julian Allason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hunted and pecked out the following:
>The best mac tech I know advises against switcheing them off! This is >because more problems are caused at start-up than anytime else. These >days disks, screens and so on have a MTBF far longer than the likely use >of even a machine left running permanenly. My tech pal has systems that >have run continuously for over 5 years. True IIF you have a good UPS =and= the pnone line is protected. We usually leave the G4 and iMac running unless: (1) There's lots of thunder and lightning in the vicinity, in which case we shut the down, unplug the phone line to the DSL modem, and find something else to do; or (B) We're gonna be away from the house for an extended period -- like a day or so, in which case we do as in (1) above. So far we've been lucky with 6 or so Macs and never had to deal with lightning results, but it only takes one time... -- Selah! Bwms -= "Microsoft is a cross between the Borg and the Ferengi. Unfortunately they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to do their programming." -- Simon Slavin, a.s.r. =- ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
