Software, Computer Help
Posted by admin | Filed under hardware
Computers are electronic devices, like a TV or microwave and should, in essence, be treated as such.
If I could distill the most-asked customer question from my 13 years of computer support, it would be one that has troubled techs for ages.
It requires us to reinforce our recommendation with various arguments because we know that the person asking this question will immediately retort, “then how come my friend reckons (insert scenario here)”.
I’m talking about the question of whether to turn our computers off at night.
I imagine as soon as my recommendations are published, my inbox will be inundated with everyone’s special theory as to why we should/shouldn’t shut down our machines.
Being a fair and unbiased individual and in true democratic style as befits an election year, I will present my take on the subject and you can do whatever you want.
First, we have to dispel a few myths, namely that:
* Your data “wears out”.
* Computers remember everything forever.
* Data can be easily recovered if your hard drive fails.
* Viruses “burn” sector 0 of your hard drive.
* Computers “don’t like” being restarted.
* Smoking banana skins gets you smashed. (more…)