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13 Things your computer person won't tell you
bcr123:
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--- Quote from: Lupin on December 08, 2008, 12:11:18 PM ---
--- Quote ---8. Give it a rest. Turning off your computer when it's not in use saves energy and clears out the RAM, or temporary memory, which would otherwise slow your machine over time.
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even if you reboot/shutdown your computer regularly if your using poorly written software, your computer will slowdown due to memory leaks. but this isn't really an issue if your operating system manages its memory efficiently. computers running linux can stay online because it manages its memory well. windows xp does too but not as well as linux. i don't know much about macs but macs are pcs too.
giving your pc a rest prolongs the life of computer's components. continuously running computers will have its power supply's lifespan reduced due to the capacitances developing inside it. hard drives running 24/7 will also shorten its lifespan--hard drives are mechanical devices!
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I was under the impression that the constant change between power states (on and off) was as hard or harder on computers than just leaving them on. Am I wrong on this?
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To a certain extent yes but modern hardware is solid enough that being powered on/off multiple times a day won't noticeably affect it.
Lets say a theoretical hard drive has a MTBF of 1000 hours if on continuous but only 700 hours if powered on/off a dozen times daily (Exaggerated for effect) but if it's only on for a few hours a day instead of 24 hours the lifespan is greatly increased in terms the consumer understands ie it lasts 41 days if on continuous but 233 days if it's only actually used for 2 hours a day.
AceHigh:
--- Quote from: iindigo on December 08, 2008, 04:01:43 PM ---I was under the impression that the constant change between power states (on and off) was as hard or harder on computers than just leaving them on. Am I wrong on this?
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Anything mechanical with movable parts has a limited life. Hard drives, keyboard, fans and stuff like that. Don't be fooled with life time on SSD kids, flash cell leaks charge over time corrupting your data. ;)
iindigo:
--- Quote from: Dragoon AceHigh on December 08, 2008, 05:00:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: iindigo on December 08, 2008, 04:01:43 PM ---I was under the impression that the constant change between power states (on and off) was as hard or harder on computers than just leaving them on. Am I wrong on this?
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Anything mechanical with movable parts has a limited life. Hard drives, keyboard, fans and stuff like that. Don't be fooled with life time on SSD kids, flash cell leaks charge over time corrupting your data. ;)
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Blarg... I wonder if a day will ever come when one really doesn't have to worry hardly at all about losing his files. Regularly backing up is damn annoying and replacing dead HDs with new ones and restoring them is more so.
mgz:
they forgot #14 - sir, thats herpes not a problem with your computer
Slykester:
--- Quote from: mgz on December 08, 2008, 06:16:24 PM ---they forgot #14 - sir, thats herpes not a problem with your computer
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and no you can't fix it with AVG
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