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mike breck · 01-17-2002, 02:49 AM

This is always an interesting debate.

My view is, don't bother about wear and tear - switch it off and be damned.
You'll probably be itching to upgrade long before the components wear out.

To use Fred's analogy with a car in a different way, if we use the wear and tear arguement, we should really leave our cars running 24/7. After all, a car is a much more expensive piece of machinery than a PC. But we don't.

The PC is just a machine and is there to serve us. However, being PC enthusiasts, the danger is, we can sometimes take it too far and end up serving the machine.

To the Kamer: Do what you feel happiest with and don't worry too much about wear and tear.

01-17-2002, 02:49 AM	#28
mike breck Member (13 bit) Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,700	This is always an interesting debate. My view is, don't bother about wear and tear - switch it off and be damned. You'll probably be itching to upgrade long before the components wear out. To use Fred's analogy with a car in a different way, if we use the wear and tear arguement, we should really leave our cars running 24/7. After all, a car is a much more expensive piece of machinery than a PC. But we don't. The PC is just a machine and is there to serve us. However, being PC enthusiasts, the danger is, we can sometimes take it too far and end up serving the machine. To the Kamer: Do what you feel happiest with and don't worry too much about wear and tear. Last edited by mike breck; 01-17-2002 at 02:54 AM.