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Harry Lender · February 1st, 2009, 03:19 PM

Need some opinions:
Seems like there are 1000 opinions on this one. Should you or should you not put your computer on "Standby"? And why or why not? Some say yes, some say no. I would be interested in hearing all opinions.
Harry

Colin McDonald · February 1st, 2009, 03:42 PM

Can't speak for PCs, but we are told Macs under OS X need to sort their wee brains out with their daily, weekly and monthly cron tasks. If they are used intensively all the time then shut down (and never left on "idle") you are supposed to need to run the maintenance scripts manually.

February 1st, 2009, 03:19 PM	#1
Harry Lender Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St Charles, Mo Posts: 261	Standby or turn off Need some opinions: Seems like there are 1000 opinions on this one. Should you or should you not put your computer on "Standby"? And why or why not? Some say yes, some say no. I would be interested in hearing all opinions. Harry

February 1st, 2009, 03:42 PM	#2
Colin McDonald Trustee Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 1,546	Can't speak for PCs, but we are told Macs under OS X need to sort their wee brains out with their daily, weekly and monthly cron tasks. If they are used intensively all the time then shut down (and never left on "idle") you are supposed to need to run the maintenance scripts manually.