System.Timers.Timer/Threading.Timer vs Thread with WhileLoop + Thread.Sleep For Periodic Tasks

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System.Threading.Timer has my vote.

System.Timers.Timer is meant for use in server-based (your code is running as a server/service on a host machine rather than being run by a user) timer functionality.

A Thread with a While loop and Thread.Sleep command is truly a bad idea given the existance of more robust Timer mecahnisms in .NET.

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