11bravo wrote:
30 years in the industry... First thing I learned was if there's no display, is it plugged in?, and 2nd, has the intensity been turned down completely (back in the days of screen burn)? As a user, reboot. As a debugger, gather data before rebooting.
I think it all depends on the use: my HTPC gets restarted maybe once a month, probably less. My desktop runs days without a reboot. Same with my laptop when it's "home"; on the road, shutdown every night. Having said that, when a problem appears, first thing is to try a reboot. I learned that when traveling and logging in to my home desktop, to prevent lockups, I have my router and desktop reboot every night... TP-Link smart plugs...
One large system I maintained ran for over a year without a reboot, and that was due to external influences - oh, hp unix, how I miss you.
Always a trade-off: keep on and "clutter" can build up. Turn off and on, miniscule power surges can take their toll.
30 years in the industry... First thing I learned... (
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I have six computers in my home office:
The Beast, which runs all my photo and video editing software;
Music computer which plays thousands of digital music files over the course of the year using VLC, Music Bee, and Audacity;
Multitasking computer which runs all my Excel spreadsheet tracking files and my Word files;
Real estate computer;
Backup computer, which receives modified files each day;
Laptop computer, which runs my Powerpoint presentations for all the Southern California and Arizona clubs I'm a member of.
The only computer running Adobe software is The Beast.
According to my Excel spreadsheet that tracks purchases and maintenance on my computers, here's the last times they were shut down and rebooted:
The Beast - 9/26/2020, 9/24, 9/22, 9/20, 9/18 - 16 - 14 - 12 - 10 - 8 - 6 - 4 - 2.... Every two days all the way back to 6/4/2017. Prior to that, never. Bought on 6/26/2016.
Music computer - Never. Sleeps only. Bought on 8/13/2017.
Multitasking computer - Never. Sleeps only. Bought on 8/13/2017.
Real estate computer - Never. Sleeps only. Bought on 10/06/2017.
Backup computer - Never. Sleeps only. Bought on 6/26/2016.
Laptop computer - Never. Sleeps only. Bought on 9/30/2019.
As someone more famous than me once said, "It is what it is."