How necessary is it to sleep the mini?

I just bought my parents a mini with a beautiful 19" flat panel display.
They adore the "flurry" screensaver. They like it to run all the time.
How necessary is it to sleep the mini? Are there any reasons I shouldn't just set the computer and monitor to never sleep and let the screensaver run?

There is no need to ever sleep a desktop Mac. I set my desktops Macs to never sleep the computer, sleep the monitor after 10-20 minutes & put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible. I do sleep my laptops by closing the lid, never through the Apple menu. I have had problems since at least OS 8 with Macs not waking from sleep, being "comatose," & needing to hold down the power button to shut the Mac off then restart. The laptops rarely exhibit this behavior. I wouldn't set the monitor to never sleep, though. It won't hurt anything, but the monitor, even a flat-panel, uses more energy than any component.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14222
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