On 2002-01-15 21:45 +0100, Diane Ross wrote: > On 1/14/02 8:10 PM, "Russell Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 1/14/02 6:09 PM, Diane Ross at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> For some reason, Apple assumed everyone would leave their computer on all >>> the time and scheduled cleanup at 3AM- 5AM. > >> Diane, >> Is this something new with OS X? >> I haven't heard of this before. > > Yes. > > I won't bother to get into the debate of whether it's more energy efficient > to leave your computer on all the time. :-)
judging from my experience with a Linux box (no OS X here), perhaps leaving the computer on overnight once a week is enough for most users. the only problem is the "locate" database (dunno if OS X makes use of it) and Sherlock indexing which of cause won't be up to date most of the time. -Thomas -- Thomas Schierle, Munich, Germany PGP key [DSS/DH] 0xA23CDA1D available at various public key servers -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
