On 12 Apr 1998 07:29 -0700, Ray Reyes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> There are two sides to that argument.  While it's true that turning the
> computer on and off stresses the electronic components of the system,
> keeping it on all the time stresses the mechanical components (i.e., your
> hard drive).  So you pays your money and you takes your choice.

I thought that most of the computers today, are energy star compatible and
thus, allow the computer's screen and hard drives to go off automatically,
after some time have been passed without access, without turning off the
computer.

Uzi Paz