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Another very quick, very simple question
I just bought a G5. Is it better to leave it on all day while i’m at work or shut it down each morning? I have been told that it uses more power if i keep having to boot it up each day. Thanks.
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Shut it down. Give it a break. It doesn’t take any more power to boot it than to leave it idle.
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I have noticed sluggish behavior after leaveing my computer on for more than two days. Of course, you’re working with one of them fancy new fangled G5’s, while I am quite outdated.
What I’ve seen reccommended here before, and what I use myself, is mac janitor, which is a free download that gives your computer the colon cleansing it needs when you don’t leave your computer on all the time. Google it and you’ll learn more.
Though, now I’m curious, does Apple reccommend leaving the mac on? Is that why macjanitor is neccessary for those of us who don’t leave our computers on?
Jason
400 MHz Power Mac G4 2.9
832 MB SDRAM
(256 256 256 64=832-everyone asks)
FCP 4.5
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About Mac Janitor from the link below:
“MacJanitor is designed to be used on a periodic basis by Mac OS X users who don’t leave their computer on (and awake) 24 hours a day. MacJanitor is provided as freeware as a service to laptop and energy-conscious home users.
The Unix subsystems on Mac OS X were originally written for machines that were typically never shut off. Mac OS X inherits this assumption in version 1.x, and has many system maintenance tasks that are scheduled to run between 3 am and 5 am. In addition, there are scripts designed to run weekly on weekends, and once a month in the middle of the night.”
You can read the rest of it here:
https://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/macjanitor.html
– Don
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I choose to leave my machines all day. Working with sleep mode when I step away. Then when I’m done for the day, I’ll shut it down. I think it’s good to restart or shut down once in awhile.
FWIW -
Just think about how hot the G5 Chips run.
David
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