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On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, Marcus Wanner wrote: |
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> On 12/12/2009 2:42 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> > And some would also argue that cycling power on and off is actually |
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> > bad for the rig as well. Keeping things at a constant temp is better |
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> > than fluctuating temps. The old expanding and contracting of material |
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> > argument. Sort of strange that computers that run a lot last a |
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> > loooong time. |
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> I think that is more of a psychological thing than a hardware |
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> thing...basically if a computer is already there and ready to be used, |
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> people don't think about getting a new one. Besides, what kind of |
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> failure would be caused by expanding and contracting anyway? In my |
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> experience, old computers don't really break, they just become obsolete... |
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> Marcus |
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computers break. The caps age tremendously. Especially heat makes them die |
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soon. So if you want to use your computer over a long period of time you shut |
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it off if you don't need it in the next couple of hours. |
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