Re start my Ibook

Hello and sorry for my bad english, I'm french!
I have a new ibook G4 and I read on the web that they do not advise to re-start the ibook every day but that it's better to put "on sleep" the computer.
It's right or not?
Thank you for your help.
Jacques

Welcome to the iBook Discussions!
I believe there is no right or wrong answer to your question. Personally, I leave my laptop on all the time and it only sleeps. The only time I restart is for a system update or backup. I used to use my iBook all the time like this and now I keep my PowerBook this way. Some people will say it's more "wear and tear" on the iBook's hard drive to startup each day, but I'm not sure there is any evidence to support this. So, it could be just fine to restart your iBook every day. I think this is a personal decision you can decide for yourself which way works best.
-Doug

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