On 1/15/02 1:45 PM, Diane Ross said: >>> For some reason, Apple assumed everyone would leave their computer on all >>> the time and scheduled cleanup at 3AM- 5AM. > >> Diane, >> Is this something new with OS X? >> I haven't heard of this before. > > Yes. > > I won't bother to get into the debate of whether it's more energy efficient > to leave your computer on all the time. :-)
Actually, I think the assumption about leaving the computer on and the timing of cron tasks pretty much pre-dates any decision by Apple -- they just inherited (and didn't change) the unix-way, which safely assumed that the computer was never turned off. -- Sherman -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
