> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure a lot of people on this newsgroup knows what horror it
>> is to see an idle CPU. I keep mine busy.
> 
> keep it up and it won't hold for long... ;)

This heavy usage indeed lowers CPU life, but not enough to be an issue, 
because it would become obsolete way before that anyway. Quote:

> 2) Anything wears out faster when in action than when iddle (and 
> especially when switching between active and iddle). The question isn't 
> really relevant, you should rather ask if anything wears out faster than 
> when its replacement would otherwise have been expected. (Whether a 
> harddrive lasts 20 years or 10 years doesn't matter if you replace it in 
> 5...)

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