FWIW, Steve Wozniak once said that he never turned off any of his computers, except for the monitors.
Dan Brad Dobo wrote: > As a real computer and internet junkie, and part-time tech, I *always* leave > my stuff on. On thing is I turn of monitors at night. Running XP Pro on 2 > computers, on with Win98SE, one Windows 2000 Corporate Server, and one > laptop networked running NT4. I've never had anything fail on me, I keep > strict maintenance, and consider the chance of a power surge to be an > overrated experience and rare. I rarely have to reboot ANY of the machines. > On UPS, they are an invaluable tool for those occasional brown-outs.
