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peterr:
Hello
Below is a sentence I pasted from an article on the question about turning a pc on or off when not used.

We have a laptop and a deskktop and are home all day. My wife goes to the laptop about 6 times a day and I am on the dektop for hours at times.

Should we be powering up and turning off about 6-8 times a day?

"Well times have changed, hardware has changed, and cost has really changed! It just doesn't make sense to leave a system on if it will be left, unattended, for more than an hour."

Shane:
I wrote this a while back
http://www.pcwintech.com/should-i-turn-my-computer-most-commonly-asked-question

What I do is I turn my system on in the morning and turn it off at night when i go to bed. leaving it on 24 hours a day is pointless. But shutting it down half a dozen times a day is just silly.

Turn it on for the day, do your work, if your going to be gone for a while (Like sleeping) then turn it off. :wink:

Shane

peterr:
Common sense I guess.
We are always checking in at the pcs;my wife at the laptop and I at the desktop.
We let them sleep while we are away then turn off at bedtime.

I checked and your Beta v0.9.7 is out which I'll guess means the finished product is getting closer.
I can't wait to study the video and tutorial so I'll know what it is all about. As Ztruker said,"You can't have enough backups."
I read where even normal people will be able to access the program if it is not available via Windows.

I think what you are creating is wonderful.
You should make your donation jug a bit more visible because I have a feeling a lot of people will be using the program.
Peter

Shane:
I have no clue how the program will do.

I just do my best and help people when they ask for it. Let word of mouth spread :-)

Shane

umpio:
I think the sleep, stand by mode is good solution if the computer is left unused more than 1h or more.

About that article what you think about folding? People often leave their pc to fold (use their computer's computing power for scientific research) which means that their cpu, gpu or both are running at 100% load at all the time. How much this might decrease the lifespan of the pc? I have considered doing this and already tried it for a while but I don't like to have a broken pc in near future because of this. The electric bill is the other drawback. :D

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