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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 1867110" data-attributes="member: 3371">Good points all.   I would add that there is a certain amount of thermal shock that occurs on startup and shutdown.All the components change temperature and for some of them, like disk drives, it induces as much or more wear as just leaving it on all the time.That's also why I leave the TV on even if I'm not watching it if I intend to in the next hour or two.I try to compromise:If I might use it in the next 4 hours or so I leave it on.Otherwise, I put it to sleep instead of shutting down so I have a rapid startup.  Best of both worlds.</blockquote>