My three cents, or least what I'm being compensated for - with the purchase
of dependable hardware (meaning components with a proven track record), the
design is such that life expectancy of thousands of cycles can be safely
assumed.  Those components with short life expectancies are weeded out by
manufacturer tests or are covered by warranties (I never buy anything with
a 30-60-90 day warranty - has to be a year plus).  Given that, powering
down saves you $3500 for the year (BIG COMPANY 'wee', small company 'BONUS
TIME').  But then again, the costs associated with returning defective
equipment will exceed the $3500 ('aahh').  So, buy each other lunch and
call it even.  Just promise not to discuss any more money saving ideas. ':)'
At 07:11 PM 8/9/99 EDT, you wrote:
>Hi ya'll!
>
>This may be a little off-topic, but I've got a little wager with someone that
>the thought behind "Green" Technology is really a bust. You know for example,
>the monitors that shut themselves off after a certain period of time may well
>save a few fractions of a cent in power consumption, but the stress of
>powering down and up, and down and up, and so on, causes the life of the
>monitor to be considerably shortened.
>
>Somehow, this person has calculated that if everybody in the company shuts
>their computers off everynight, and then reboots them every morning, there
>will be a $3,500 a year savings in electricity. My take on it is that the
>$3,500 in electricity savings will be overshadowed by the cost of failed
>motherboards and associated hardware from the 'pooters powering up and
>down...am I out to lunch on this? (If I am, I owe a lunch...hehehe)
>
>-Steve Gregory-
>
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