Re: Re Xy on XP--an amende honorable

["andy turnbull" andyt@xxxxxxxx]

my laptop goes to sleep when I close the lid, and I don't believe it uses
much power. It can live that way for several days on battery power.

I don't shut down because modern 'puters take so long to book up.
Back when it was still possible to buy a good computer I had a Tandy laptop
with a ram disc that would fire up in less than ten seconds. I worked for a
magazine at the time and when we wanted to talk about a story the editor
would call it up on his desk machine. I could get my laptop out of my bag
and fire it up and have the story on screen before he could get it on his
machine, which was already running.
I wonder -- would it be possible to run this laptop (with XP) from a flash
card? That would make it more useful.

andy t
----- Original Message -----
From: "L Anderson" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Re Xy on XP--an amende honorable
Robert Holmgren wrote:
** Reply to message from Michael Norman 
on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:57:29 -0400
I thought one way to help protect the health of your hard drive was to
shut down at night.

The opposite! The most stressful task a computer performs,
apart from backing up, is booting up. Plus that power-on surge
of electricity takes a toll. Ask yourself: when have your
computers failed most frequently? When you rebooted, right? So
don't! And I don't hibernate either -- a total PITA (logging
back on, waste of time).
...leave your car running too! It's such a waste of time to start it and
wait until it warms up. If left running just jump in and bam, you're off.
After all, starting a cold car puts more stress on it than anything else.
Moreover, most car failures occur when you try to start them.
Oh! And leave on your lights, oven, blender, vacuum cleaner, microwave
(set the timer really really high), dryer, washing machine, furnace, all
power tools, tv, radio, heating pad, toilet (just take out the stopper),
etc. That way they'll all be primed and ready to go when you need them.

:-)
It's ok to turn off your computer off when done using it. It's designed
that way. That's why it has an off switch--duh! To prevent data loss,
shut the operating system down properly and completely before you hit the
switch. Most adverse effects of turning off a computer are figments of
the owner's imagination. Turning off your computer when not in use will
make it last longer and save energy. If you're a liberal, that means
reducing your carbon footprint. If you're a conservative, that means
saving money.
So enough already of this nonsense of leaving your computer on because it
will harm it if you turn it off!


LA




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