On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:26:32 -0500, in article
<[log in to unmask]>, you wrote:

>I compare it to light bulbs: when they burn out, 99% of the time it's
>during the turn on, rather than while they've been on for awhile.
>Granted, a computer isn't a light bulb and I don't advocate leaving it
>on indefinitely if you aren't actively using it, but in my case I use it
>quite a bit of every day, so leaving it on makes the most sense to me.
>
>Jeff Delzer

I leave it on always during the winter.  Japanese homes are not
heated at night, and the inside temp drops into the low 40s (F)
at night -- sometimes lower.  Don't think the drive would ever spin
up on those mornings.  I have to bang the keyboard something
fierce to get it unfrozen.

I the summer, I shut 'er off whenever I can.

Lance