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Originally posted by xenophobic
Actually SuckOnThis is correct, the surge of electricity is harsher on electronic components than leaving it on all the time.
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to a point he is correct, but realisiticly the only thing that would be affected by powering off and on would be the harddrive. computers arent made as poorly as people may think and constantly powering off and on wont do much if anything to them. they may last 10 years instead of 12 but who keeps computers longer then 2-3 years anyways? my point was even in the most severe cases, the user wont keep that computer anywhere near the life span even after abusing it. i still have a poorly made compaq p166 that is still running strong after 9 years of constant off/on. i use it to play old dos games, and the only thing thats ever gone bad was the hd. i know people who arent rich who buy a new computer every 1 - 1 1/2 years because they are so cheap to replace.