linux vs windows boot speed

[mark at mark.mielke.cc]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 04:03:58PM +0900, Torben M. Hansen wrote:
> day. We assume that the power consumption of the computer is 50 W. In the 
> case when the computer is turned off every day we assume that the hard disk 
> will last for 3 years and in the case where it is always on we assume 5 
> years.

An additional factor, just to have fun:

Leaving the hard disk on doesn't always increase its life. In fact,
until I made sure that my system was cooling properly, I was going
through a hard drive a year (5 years in a row!). I think this one is
licked - the current drives have both lasted two years.

Chalk this one up to cheap drives.

mark

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