Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?
- From: "Jack Nguy" <Jack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 19:36:17 -0700
Another thing to keep in mind is the spinning of the harddrive. A
harddrive doesn't have inifite lifespan and laptop harddrives are not
designed for 24/7 spinning.
Jack
On 7/12/06, David R. Litwin <presently42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a year old Toshiba Intel Mobil P4 laptop using Sid. I recently
downloaded two large files via BitTorrent. As I wanted to have them as
quickly as I could, I decided to leave my laptop on until they were fully
downloaded, rebooting only for upgrades. I noticed no real
difference in performance (maybe Azureus was hogging
a bit more memory after a few days).
The question is this: Why should I ever turn off my laptop on a normal
occasion (normal being every-day, standard, stationary usage)? If I don't
want it on, I can suspend it in some way: Waking-up is faster than
booting-up.
I'm keen to hear your opinions, O members.
Cheers.
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