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Hey Mac People,
I have been using my powerbook 1.5 now for about 2 months now and I never turn it off.... I just close the lid and put it to sleep (and keep it plugged in).
Is this the wrong way to use the Powerbook? should I turn it off and boot it up every single day? I Think I read somewhere before that computers are best left alone always turned ON.... to prevent frequent surges of electricity... etc.
Any advice would be appreciated,
dm
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POWERBOOK ALWAYS ON/SLEEP
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grey_lightning 
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Posted 11 September 2004 - 03:43 PM
Using it the way you use it is just fine, and as you say, may even result in less wear on your hard drive and other components. Many users, including myself, never shut their powerbooks down, and the consensus seems to be that this is absolutely no problem.
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Posted 11 September 2004 - 04:02 PM
I have had my powerbook for more than a year now, and except for a couple programs that I installed that required rebooting, I have never turned off the powerbook, only sleep...
There is no need to "shut down" your system like with Windows machines.
There is no need to "shut down" your system like with Windows machines.
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Posted 12 September 2004 - 05:30 AM
glad to hear we are all using the Powerbooks the same way:)
tho I reboot mine every so often (coming from a pc background... hehe) thinking
that I will get better memory performance.
How often do you guys reboot?
thanks!
tho I reboot mine every so often (coming from a pc background... hehe) thinking
that I will get better memory performance.
How often do you guys reboot?
thanks!
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Posted 12 September 2004 - 05:44 AM
Whenever an installer forces me to, or if I experience a hard system crash. Other than that, never. Been doing it that way for four years now, and outside of the update reboots, I've probably had 10 or so that were caused by hard crashes. Not bad for four years, four machines, and who knows how many thousands of hours...
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Posted 12 September 2004 - 06:47 AM
me neither, never reboot...
I think it is hard for those of us (once mislead fools) who used notebook PC's once upon a time...
The entire mac OS runs differently, and rebooting does not give "memory upgrades" or anything else like that...
I think it is hard for those of us (once mislead fools) who used notebook PC's once upon a time...
The entire mac OS runs differently, and rebooting does not give "memory upgrades" or anything else like that...
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Posted 12 September 2004 - 08:32 AM
Hi
Yep. I only reboot for the very rare problem/crash, OS updates that require it, app installs that require it, or to do an occasional thorough cleaning. Otherwise, it's on or sleeping when I move it.
The whole better for it debate is really nothing.
1) It helps to leave it on since starting and stopping components is harder on them than just leaving them go.
2) Leaving them on all of the time adds up the used hours (MTBF)
So, either way is probably going to end up about the same in the end.
MacCheetah3
Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium 1GHz, 1GB, 60GB, SuperDrive, Airport, Mac OS X, 20GB iPod (4G)
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Yep. I only reboot for the very rare problem/crash, OS updates that require it, app installs that require it, or to do an occasional thorough cleaning. Otherwise, it's on or sleeping when I move it.
The whole better for it debate is really nothing.
1) It helps to leave it on since starting and stopping components is harder on them than just leaving them go.
2) Leaving them on all of the time adds up the used hours (MTBF)
So, either way is probably going to end up about the same in the end.
MacCheetah3
Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium 1GHz, 1GB, 60GB, SuperDrive, Airport, Mac OS X, 20GB iPod (4G)
Debug Computer Services http://www.click2debug.com
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