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To: Spots who wrote (3764)11/28/1998 3:15:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14778
 
Spots
most of us have found that it's more productive to leave
our machines running than to turn them off.


I Know the consensus is to leave the machine on..... and I can power down everything but the fan on this Mac. But why not give it (the fan) a rest every now and then? Wouldn't that prolong its life? Does a continuous use rating really mean a fan will last just as long whether or not it is used continuously or discontinuously? I'm very interested in the answer to this last question.

Clarence