I always suspend instead of shutting
down for the same reason . I don't see any negatives.
(very old Compaq, Win 2K)
regards
Greg Ryman <gregr@candylogic.com>
2006-07-12 19:45
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Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why
should I?
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I would say to do a reboot and possible a file system
check once a month
to avoid corruption and unintended loss of data. Other then that, you
don't need to reboot.
David R. Litwin wrote:
> I have a year old Toshiba Intel Mobil P4 laptop using Sid. I recently
> downloaded two large files via BitTorrent. As I wanted to have them
as
> quickly as I could, I decided to leave my laptop on until they were
fully
> downloaded, rebooting only for
> upgrades. I noticed no real difference in performance (maybe Azureus
> was hogging a bit more memory after a few days).
>
> The question is this: Why should I ever turn off my laptop on a normal
> occasion (normal being every-day, standard, stationary usage)? If
I don't
> want it on, I can suspend it in some way: Waking-up is faster than
> booting-up.
>
> I'm keen to hear your opinions, O members.
>
> Cheers.
>