3 week vacation: turn powerbook off or leave asleep?

I have a G4 PB hooked to a printer and dsl modem. Usually I never turn
this set up off, just close the pb at the end of my evening leaving it
asleep for a few hours. As we know from the stability of osx, it goes
on for months. It is only when installing some software that requires
rebooting that I have rebooted. OK, we know all of that.

However, I am leaving on a three week vacation. Is this too long to
leave the setup on and the pb asleep?

Thanks.

 

If nothing needs it on, I'd turn it off. Give the hard drive, and chips
a rest (also given PBs aren't cheap, I'd consider stashing it somewhere
safe from bad guys.)

Also, If a power outage last for a weekend the batteries drain and the
unit will need to be scanned for possible corruption, best to turn it off.

Larry

 

My inclination would be to not only shut it down, but unplug it as
well. Most importantly, you can't know if there will be any severe
thunderstorms while you're gone, and if there are, you won't be there
to unplug it. Also, sleep consumes power (even if only a small
amount), and if you're not going to be there for three weeks, that's
power wasted.

 

No, it's not too long. There is little difference, as far as the PB goes, in
whether you turn it off or put it to sleep.

However, an electrical surge caused by lightning could harm it, and even cause
a fire, so if you're away from home for three weeks, you should unplug all your
electrical appliances.

Plus - it's a powerbook - bring it along!

 

For three weeks? Why bother leaving it on all that time? Especially
since background stuff won't run while asleep anyway.

Even better - bring it with you on vacation

-- David

 

I don't know about you but in the summer I could never have a machine
on that long because of thunderstorms. Going away that long I would
pull the plugs on everything including the phone wire from the DSL
system. We usually get one good storm every 3 or 4 days so in the
summer up time is not great.

--jim

 

Why would you leave your PB on when you know you
won't be using it for three weeks? I unplug
my computer equipment when I am out of town.
That way, I know a lightning strike won't hurt
my stuff, which has happened to me before.
The only reason I can see for not shutting down
your PB is if you inted to access it remotely
while you're away on vacation.

 

You are PROBABLY right if using OS 9 but you are almost certainly wrong
if OS X is the operating system. My vacation was 17 days long and my
iBook's battery was flat when I returned. It was fully charged when I
left.

 

Why on *Earth* would you leave your PowerBook on for 17 days, with
nobody using it, and not leave it plugged in? Double the silliness,
double the fun? That's akin to leaving a faucet dripping for 17 days
with the sink plugged.