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Posted in America wastes gazillions with always-on PCs
Posted Tuesday 26th June 2007 23:03 GMT
Mike

Turning them on and off shortens the life?

I've always heard that a) the amount of electricity used to boot the computer from cold is significant, and b) the amount of wear and tear from the process hurts the computers.

I have am responsible for about 100 computers, and I tell the users to leave them on so they can be backed up.

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