When I was a wee lad, I remember my computer lab teacher telling us not to turn off the computers, because turning it on again makes a power surge that could wreck our high tech 10 MB hard drives. Later on, another teacher said something similar, and also said that you have to reboot every day to keep the system working good. Ever since, I’ve been paranoid about turning off my system, I always just put it to sleep instead of shutting it down unless I’m going on vacation or I need to crack open the case for an upgrade.
Just wondering what you prefer to do.. shut down or sleep? And advantage or disadvantage to either?
victorgrant replied
391 weeks ago