In message <200001181705.JAA25754@left.wing.org>, Ed Gould writes:
>> Wow.  I'm actually not as concerned about power saving as I am about disk
>> lifetime, for which I've been told spindown is almost always a loss.

>According to IBM, notebook drives are designed to be spun up and down.  They 
>don't like being powered on forever.  This is different from desktop drives.

Huh.  I guess I might believe them.  I'm generally skeptical of claims that
something is designed for a given pattern of abuse.  ;-)

-s