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Posted: 8/26/2010 7:07:01 PM EDT
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My desktop is on 24/7.
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Posted: 8/26/2010 7:09:23 PM EDT
[#2]
Only when I have to move it.
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Posted: 8/26/2010 7:09:28 PM EDT
[#3]
Shut it down whenever I expect to be out of the house for an hour or more, and when I go to bed...
In all the years, I've never had sleep or standby work right...either it wont wake up, or there are all sorts of driver issues when it comes back. |
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Posted: 8/26/2010 7:11:49 PM EDT
[#4]
my tower is always on, laptop is off unless i'm using it.
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Posted: 8/26/2010 7:14:51 PM EDT
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Tower and laptop are both turned off when not in use for more than an hour....
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Posted: 8/26/2010 7:15:54 PM EDT
[#6]
I don't even log out
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Posted: 8/26/2010 7:21:08 PM EDT
[#7]
if I turn my computer off, I might miss something in GD
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Posted: 8/26/2010 7:37:37 PM EDT
[#8]
Laptop and rarely.
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Posted: 8/26/2010 7:57:45 PM EDT
[#9]
My computer sleeps for about 20 hours of the day.
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Posted: 8/26/2010 11:07:57 PM EDT
[#10]
nope.I actually turn off or "shut down" my computer maybe once a month. Otherwise it just goes into "sleep" mode whenever im not using it for more than 20 min... just hit the spacebar and im back in business - less than 5 seconds.
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Posted: 8/26/2010 11:15:37 PM EDT
[#11]
Usually, no.
So far: 2wks 20hrs 54mins 40secs |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 3:43:51 AM EDT
[#12]
i always turn my laptop off. most laptops were not made to operate 24X7 unless its business class, even then
my workstations get turned on when i come home at night (they help me sleep they drowned out background noise) on during the night, then get turned off the next morning when i leave for work i bought a mac mini to leave on all day so i can remote in and do whatever. |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 4:36:36 AM EDT
[#13]
Never.
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Posted: 8/27/2010 4:50:47 AM EDT
[#14]
I shut down and unplug them during a bad lightening storm, otherwise they are on 24/7.
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Posted: 8/27/2010 5:40:48 AM EDT
[#15]
I turn off my desktop before bed or if I leave somewhere
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Posted: 8/27/2010 5:44:48 AM EDT
[#16]
My desktop pc is on 24/7 unless it gets an update the requires a reboot.
Work laptop used to stay on 24/7 but I was having problems with web meetings (my machines would slow down so much that it affected the presentations) so after I contacted my helpdesk they advised that I reboot at least once every 4 or 5 days. My personal laptop stays off unless I'm using it. |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 6:25:20 AM EDT
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I don't use sleep or standby ever. Microsoft never got that right, and still hasn't. When some program crashes upon wake, it's reboot time anyway.
Turn all my laptops off when I am not using them. "Being on wear and tear" on them is a lot higher than a desktop. I leave my main home desktop on most of the time, unless I am going to be away from _all_ computers. But, I am an IT guy and never really check out from work, and my home computer is an important springboard to get into some systems and "check from the outside", etc. My work computer stays on all the time for similar reasons. (Plus, the patching / virus updates happen at night) I restart my computers often though. A large well cooled desktop computer won't age much faster if it's running than if it's not. There's a few spots where there is additional risk, like hard drives spinning and fans going all the time. Otherwise, the hardware is often obsolete long before it fails. It does cost a bit in electricity, but I have other stuff on that costs quite a bit more that I would need to worry about first. (My PC does somewhere between $5 and $25 per month in electricity. |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 6:32:28 AM EDT
[#18]
Quoted: Shut it down whenever I expect to be out of the house for an hour or more, and when I go to bed... In all the years, I've never had sleep or standby work right...either it wont wake up, or there are all sorts of driver issues when it comes back. I didn't use sleep or standby (never worked right) until I got the mac laptop. Now, I use it all the time. |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 6:39:50 AM EDT
[#19]
My laptop only gets put into sleep mode when moving from one location to another (i.e. commuting to work). I reboot once every week or two...
My Desktop computer (Linux) is on 24/7 - file server for my household. |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 6:59:50 AM EDT
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I don't use sleep or standby ever. Microsoft never got that right, and still hasn't. Have you tried Windows 7? |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 7:00:48 AM EDT
[#21]
Are you kidding? If I turned my home PC off I wouldn't be able to post this right now!
I remote home a lot (more so now that work started blocking sites like arfcom. |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 7:09:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2010 8:32:28 AM EDT
[#23]
Computers have an "off" option/button?
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Posted: 8/27/2010 10:36:59 AM EDT
[#24]
i turn mine off when im not home.
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Posted: 8/27/2010 12:12:58 PM EDT
[#25]
Quoted:
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I don't use sleep or standby ever. Microsoft never got that right, and still hasn't. Have you tried Windows 7? My mind was blown when I found out it works in 7. Wakes up faster than my monitors power up too. Used to be 24/7 before win7 made it work. Sleep after 45 minutes, hibernate after 12 |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 12:31:07 PM EDT
[#26]
Always turned off when not using it. Never really home much now, but either way, it is off unless I'm coming back to it within a couple hours. A silly old way of operating IMO by leaving them on.
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Posted: 8/27/2010 6:00:49 PM EDT
[#27]
standby works fine for me.
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Posted: 8/27/2010 6:08:59 PM EDT
[#28]
I always just close the lid on my laptop to put it to sleep. Open it up and I'm back in business in seconds.
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Posted: 8/27/2010 6:09:25 PM EDT
[#29]
Quoted: Quoted: I don't use sleep or standby ever. Microsoft never got that right, and still hasn't. Have you tried Windows 7? Or quality hardware/quality 3rd party drivers?  |
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Posted: 8/27/2010 6:51:09 PM EDT
[#30]
yep turn my computer off a few times a day, its even going down right now..
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Posted: 8/27/2010 7:49:53 PM EDT
[#31]
I turned my primary tower off when I moved into this house.
That was in 2005. |
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Posted: 8/28/2010 10:41:25 PM EDT
[#32]
in the summer I usually do due to how hot my upstairs gets. in xp it's usually hibernate and now that I'm running 7 I use its hybrid sleep
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Posted: 8/28/2010 10:48:00 PM EDT
[#33]
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I don't use sleep or standby ever. Microsoft never got that right, and still hasn't. When some program crashes upon wake, it's reboot time anyway. only had an issue with sleep twice that I remember on my two XP desktops, and once was due to a power outage. I usually used hibernate though and not sleep hibernate only gave me an issue when I upgraded to more than 1GB of ram but the hotfix fixed that http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=909095 |
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Posted: 8/28/2010 10:50:21 PM EDT
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Only time my desktop gets rebooted is if I lose power, need to switch kernels, or I locked it up playing games in WINE.
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Posted: 8/29/2010 7:09:02 AM EDT
[#35]
I haven't turned my desktop off in weeks, at least since I got back from Nebraska. Laptop stays asleep unless it's in use.
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Posted: 8/29/2010 7:38:28 PM EDT
[#36]
Desktop is always on, as it holds the drive that all the media players in the house pull content from. Even apart from that, a machine running with the monitors powered down takes barely any power, and you put far more wear and tear on your PSU, hard drives and fans constantly spinning them up/down as opposed to leaving them running. I let my laptop sleep, but I hardly ever use it.
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Posted: 8/30/2010 1:16:36 PM EDT
[#37]
Home and work are set the same.
Desktops, servers, stay on 24-7. I do have the monitors shut down in 20min, HD's after 40min. All updates, maintenance done late at night. Laptops off when not in use. |
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Posted: 9/7/2010 6:46:25 PM EDT
[#38]
Wife's laptop is in sleep mode when it's not being used. Tower is on 24/7 - the monitor goes to screensaver after 5 minutes, goes to black after 10 min.
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Posted: 9/9/2010 5:56:02 AM EDT
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My systems run 25/8/366, ladies.
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Posted: 9/9/2010 6:41:34 AM EDT
[#40]
Mac Mini - on 24/7 (for TV recording/iTunes streaming)
Server - 24/7 (e-mail/file serving) Desktop PC - off when not in use otherwise the room gets too hot!! Laptops - Sleep/Hibernate or Off when not in use |
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Posted: 9/9/2010 6:44:06 AM EDT
[#41]
No. It runs 24/7 365.
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Posted: 9/9/2010 6:50:31 AM EDT
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Why would you pay to heat up your computer room with idling computers, then pay to run an air conditioner to keep them cool?
Also, fans wear out and my machine has 6 fans. These suck in dirt and dust at an alarming rate. Also also, when your machine is on it is vulnerable to hacking and once hacked could be part of a botnet spamming the world 24/7. Turn them off, seriously. |
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Posted: 9/9/2010 5:59:27 PM EDT
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Quoted: Do you guys turn your computer off during the day when your not using it? Or do you just stand by? Are there any security or other issues in leaving it on standby? or hibernation? Are you talking about work computer or personal computer? Personal computer I leaved turned on during the day. I just turn off the monitor. There are no security issues as my account is password protected. It gets turned off at night because it is loud and in the same room as where I sleep My work computer stays on 24x7 during the week and turned off on the weekends. My monitors on my work computer are also turned off when I go home |
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