I started computing on a handheld Texas Instruments programmable calculator circa 1979. That was before PC’s became available. When PC’s appeared, I purchased a Commodore 64 circa 1981, then a Commodore 128 a few years later. I stayed with Commodores til they went out of business, and beyond. I started using IBM-compatibles circa 1997, and began on an IBM Amiga. Thereafter it was a HP Pavilion, and now a Compaq Presario. In all that time (26 years), I have ALWAYS kept my computers running full blast, near 100% processor usage, almost 24 hours per day, almost 365.25 days per year. That has never caused a problem insofar as I’m aware. So I don’t think your advice is valid in that regard.

I’m running Windows XP Home (SP2) which is not supposed to have the resource limits that plagued Windows 95/98/Me. Indeed I’ve never noticed any. My box has an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ at 2.0GHz, 1 GB DDR 2100 SDRAM, two hard drives (120GB & 160GB), S3 Graphics ProsavageDDR display adapter, VIA VT8375 ProSavageDDR KM266 chipset, FIC AM35 motherboard. It all runs pretty cool except I notice the 160GB Maxtor hard drive (which I just put in recently) is running at about 50 degrees Centigrade. I don’t know if that’s too hot - haven’t researched it yet.

JB