Shutdown or Standby?

I heard shutting down your notebook/comp. alot decreases the lifespan. So ppl told me to just put it on standby even when I go to sleep. Is this fact or fiction?

 

I have never heard of that before, and its rather foolish.

Shutting it down or not doesn't affect it much either way.

Answer: Fiction.

P.S. what does decrease the lifespan (of your LCD that is) is leaving it on all the time, LCDs have like 'lifespans' even know its in the hundred thousand hours. Make sure it set to shut off after so much time, as well as always having a screensaver set to prevent burn ins.

 

I would say fiction also. I wonder what their reasoning is. Maybe less hard drive usage waking up than starting up?

 

lcds are not prone to burn in like plasma and regular crt displays/tvs.

 

Anything is prone to burn-in even Televisions, I've seen burn-ins on em all. Just a matter of how long and whatnot, I remember in High School you could see the login screen on both macs and pc monitors

 

Lcd's are not prone to burn in is what i am saying, while anything else is. Unless i am wrong and someone can give a link to prove me wrong.

 

Technology has come a long way. You will probably have a new notebook by the time you reach the end of the life span of your notebook's lcd and other parts.

 

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/tips/remove-lcd-image-burnin-146469.php

And from Apples very own site.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88343

Apple calls it Persistance, but its basically the same thing except it can only be seen when its on, not like CRTs when they can be seen off as well.

Yes, technology has improved a bit over the pass 5 years for all types of displays, but its still possible on anything that displays an image and is left there for an extended period of time.

http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/displays/topic2160.html

Is reports from many different people, however LCDs can generally have their LCD problems resolved and isn't permanet like CRTs are. Anyways the same idea exists behind it, its something annoying and can be easily prevented, so you don't gotta do steps and waste your time on it.

 

I wouldn't say it is completely fiction. If one for example, would shut down and restart his computer every 5 minutes, there would be an appreciable wear in some components like capacitors, HDD as mentioned, and even mechanical parts assuming one always closes and open the lid. Of course, with a normal usage pattern there is nothing to be worried with, you'll probably be replacing your notebook long before anything wear out completely.

 

hmm, interesting that lcds can 'persist' but good that they are at least somewhat curable, unlike other displays.