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Apple Computing Products:
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New to Mac - Ok to leave them on?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevriano" data-source="post: 969106" data-attributes="member: 18605"><p>My iMac is permanently on and running, and so was my previous iMac, which ran for 7 years without a hitch, and is still in use by the person who bought it from me.</p><p>I do a restart every few days, as Collin does, but other than that, no harm to leave them running, they are designed for it, and not in sleep mode either btw.</p><p>There is a school of thought (that I agree with) that says that the more you switch it on and off, the greater the wear on the HD and other components, as you are spinning them up from stone cold all of the time, which is harsh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevriano, post: 969106, member: 18605"] My iMac is permanently on and running, and so was my previous iMac, which ran for 7 years without a hitch, and is still in use by the person who bought it from me. I do a restart every few days, as Collin does, but other than that, no harm to leave them running, they are designed for it, and not in sleep mode either btw. There is a school of thought (that I agree with) that says that the more you switch it on and off, the greater the wear on the HD and other components, as you are spinning them up from stone cold all of the time, which is harsh. [/QUOTE]
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