Longest time with out shutdown?
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but i've heard people haven't shut down their macs for ages. i know my uncles imac hasn't gone off since he got it about 4 months ago... just goes into sleep. i frequently turn off my macbook to save the battery, but the mac mini should be fine.
but i've heard people haven't shut down their macs for ages. i know my uncles imac hasn't gone off since he got it about 4 months ago... just goes into sleep. i frequently turn off my macbook to save the battery, but the mac mini should be fine.
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I think it was about 3 or 4 months when I realized that I hadn't shut down my Macbook since I had bought it. I think it's been longer than that since that realization..... ;P
I have PCs and Macs running all day long for weeks, if not months, on end. There's a PC in my living room that hasn't been shut down since I installed it there several months ago and there hasn't been a single problem with it.
Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with leaving your computer running all day, except for maybe your power bill.
I have PCs and Macs running all day long for weeks, if not months, on end. There's a PC in my living room that hasn't been shut down since I installed it there several months ago and there hasn't been a single problem with it.
Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with leaving your computer running all day, except for maybe your power bill.
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Lets see. Mac Mini Core Duo 1.66Ghz. Running Folding @Home for a team for 6 months, 24 hours a day, both cores 100%. Never one hiccup.
iMac G5 iSight up over a year with only reboots for installing updates till Bad stick of after market RAM caused issues. New RAM and it's been up another 8 months or more. It's always running something and always on the net. Real work horse machine.
Trust me, OSX is very stable.
XP on a proper machine is quite stable also. They both are very stable OS's. I just like OSX a lot more for my usage.
iMac G5 iSight up over a year with only reboots for installing updates till Bad stick of after market RAM caused issues. New RAM and it's been up another 8 months or more. It's always running something and always on the net. Real work horse machine.
Trust me, OSX is very stable.
XP on a proper machine is quite stable also. They both are very stable OS's. I just like OSX a lot more for my usage.
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Other than the 4 KP's I've had, my MBP has not been powered down since I got it - 8 months now.
My XP desktop has not been powered off since it's last internal cleaning and re-install, about a year now - time to do it again I guess - and this really is the only reason it's been actually powered down since I built it 3 1/2 years ago.
Don't think my wife's Dell has been turned off in a year and a half.
My XP desktop has not been powered off since it's last internal cleaning and re-install, about a year now - time to do it again I guess - and this really is the only reason it's been actually powered down since I built it 3 1/2 years ago.
Don't think my wife's Dell has been turned off in a year and a half.
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2 weeks so far and counting
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Remember, a Restart is not a complete Power Off!
No, but if you look at the uptime on the dashboard, it's only since the last restart. I only shut down when requested to, or if I am going to be out for a few days.
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Guys. Global warming. Its good to save power now and then. Takes like 25 seconds for a system startup. Doesn't hurt pressing Cmd+Option+Ctrl+Eject when going sleepy sleepy.
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