Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:06:51 -0700 From: Chameleon <swen@wavefire.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leave workstation on or off? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990816090651.00b14140@mail.wavefire.com>
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At 03:54 AM 8/15/99 +0100, you wrote: >On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 05:08:00PM -0700, Doug wrote: >> Kendall Shaw wrote: >> > >> > Is it cheaper to turn workstations off at night and, or leave them >> > on? I'd heard the idea before that you damage electronics >> > by turning it off and on. >> >> I am really surprised that your question did not evoke more responses. >> This is one of those "religious" topics that people usually have very >> strong feelings about. >> >> In the "Old Days" (TM) PC manufacturers tried to cut cost any way they >> could, and industry standards were such that it actually was possible to >> fry a computer by turning it on and off too often. However, a kind of >> vicious circle has evolved, where it is now very possible (and in fact, >> they often do) to build electronic circuits that can eliminate the "on/off >> power surge" that used to be such a problem. Think about it. How many other >> pieces of high end electronics do you own (like a television, good quality >> stereo, etc.) and how many of those manufacturers tell you to leave it on >> 24/7 because the power cycle is going to damage it? But since PC >> manufacturers have been getting away with this BS for so long, some of them >> try to perpetuate this myth so that they can continue to cut corners. >> Personally I don't do business with those kinds of people, but if you're >> using bargain basement PC parts (for whatever reason, hey, it's your box) >> then you should be more cautious. >> >> At the same time, someone else already pointed out that the box itself >> draws less wattage than a 60 watt light bulb. It's the MONITOR that is a >> huge power sucker, so I always enable the dpms features of my monitors, and >> turn them off for extended periods of non-use. >> > >Interesting observations. Where I work all us old hands (those >using Suns) just knock the monitors off at night. The new boys, >straight out of Uni, who are NT users shutdown the whole PC every >night. Some of our Suns have been up >400 days. I'm not sure who those Uni guys are, but i use both NT & FreeBSD, and i keep them both on all the time. I only turn off my NT monitor though, probably cause my FreeBSD box doesn't have one...LOL Swen > >> HTH, >> >> Doug (Is it possible to be an "old fart" at 33?) >> > >Probably judging by the age of some of the contributors to these >lists. I'm 41 so you're not alone. > >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > >-- > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ >_______________________________________________________________ >Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK >CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry >mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > <bold>~ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GCS/O d-(+) s:+>:- a- C++++ UB++$>++++$ P+ L++>++++$ E-- W++(++) N+ o? K? w--- O- M-- V-- PS+ PE@ Y PGP t++ 5++ X R* tv++ b+++(+) DI++ D+++ G++ e++ h---->$ r+++ x** -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----</bold> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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