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Originally Posted by Maximilium
I have the answer of that, NO.
Lets use a P4 for example, is supose to turn off the computer when it gets too hot, before it reach that point the prosesor is going to slow down ( with the posibility of corrupting any program runing).
Did you ever had problems turning off the computer on windows 98, xp, 2000 and the computer will hang because a program stop responding?
Thats why for some people (and myself) is very important to have a "fail safe", it will turn off the computer without depending on the software.
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In my case the "hardware" failsafe is pretty easy. Forgot to mention that I've set the BIOS controlled shutdown at a higher temperature and that takes care of things if the software controlled shutdown fails. Can't get any easier.
It all depends on your needs, and there are no best ways to do it. I personally use MBM + Shutdown Now because the computer I own is the one I use for my everyday work, and there is a *very important* need to save any open files during an emergency shutdown, and additionally avoid the high risk of disk corruption when suddenly shutting down a computer.
Only as a last resort, is the hardware controlled shutdown called in place.