On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, Marcus Wanner wrote: > On 12/12/2009 2:42 PM, Dale wrote: > > And some would also argue that cycling power on and off is actually > > bad for the rig as well. Keeping things at a constant temp is better > > than fluctuating temps. The old expanding and contracting of material > > argument. Sort of strange that computers that run a lot last a > > loooong time. > > I think that is more of a psychological thing than a hardware > thing...basically if a computer is already there and ready to be used, > people don't think about getting a new one. Besides, what kind of > failure would be caused by expanding and contracting anyway? In my > experience, old computers don't really break, they just become obsolete... > > Marcus >
computers break. The caps age tremendously. Especially heat makes them die soon. So if you want to use your computer over a long period of time you shut it off if you don't need it in the next couple of hours.
