Unless I'm downloading, I always shut my PC down at night.  But I leave the monitor on.

As far as pro's and con's go, I reckon they're about even.

Ian Porter
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Citkowitz 
  Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] PC Shuts down/To shut down or not to shut down


  What are you folks' takes on whether or not to shut down nightly, occasionally, rarely?

  There are pro-con issues around tube-saving, drive-saving, power-saving, file temp file cleanout, interfering-clutter and operations-that-happened-and-need-cleaning-out, startup power surges, startup time-wasting, etc.

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