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Old 12-05-2006, 07:43 PM   #30 (permalink)
Doby
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Originally Posted by mikeonthebike View Post
ok I will. I just wanted to know something. Do you leave your computer run all the time or do you shut it off every day?? Thanks Mike
I do cancer research with my computers http://grid.org/home.htm

So I leave them run 24/7 but if it was not for this research I would shut them down overnight but I honestly don't think it matters to the health of the computer one way or the other.

A computer running at idle uses about as much as a 60 watt light bulb, so if electricity is a concern then it should be shutdown.

Also consider the fact that if the computer is running several hours doing nothing it wastes electric and if we all left them run for nothing that would add up
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