[dba-Tech] Always On Notebook

Perennial question - is most of the wear on your machine due to the heat
that degrades the components over time until one of them fails?   Or is the
most wear due to the surge of power when you turn it on and the stress on
the bearings on the hard drive?

I turn off my computers at night (actually go to standby so they start
faster).  I once figured it saved about $15/mo/computer to turn them off a
night but San Diego has pretty high electric rates. 


Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
858-259-4334
www.e-z-mrp.com
www.bchacc.com
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:07 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Always On Notebook

I've grown into the habit of leaving my notebook on 24/7. It's using the
power supply, of course, not the battery. Is there a down side to this? will
the machine wear out more quickly because of this? Even though it's a
notebook, I rarely move it, so I just leave it running.

TIA,
Arthur
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