Do you leave your computer on all of the time?

Deleted member 77746 · 31 May 2012 at 12:38

All electronics off. Unless downloading but since upgrading to BT Infinity 2 most the time everything downloads in time to be able to turn it off.

Geeman1979 · 31 May 2012 at 12:44

On when im using it which is around 3 hours a day! The rest off the time it's switched off.

explicit4u · 31 May 2012 at 12:44

Always leave it on standby when it's not being used.

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Memphis · 31 May 2012 at 12:51

I am courteous to my girlfriend's parents who are allowing me to stay with them by switching it off whenever it's not in use (while I'm working or at night).

Gammawolf · 31 May 2012 at 12:58

All on, all the time, in all locations. (Home and work)

I calculated how much power my home desktop + monitors use and on average its about 6KWh a day, at about 15p per KWh thats roughly £1 a day, so £365 a year just for my PC

Gaygle · 31 May 2012 at 13:21

Spunkey said:
Must be a Mac, it's an ornament for decorative purposes.

Oh, I went there.

aaron · 31 May 2012 at 13:24

Either have my laptop on or put the lid down and put it to sleep. Never turn it off.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 31 May 2012 at 14:42

Off when not in use and this has been my policy since my earliest days of PC ownership. To be fair without a dedicated GFX card my current rig doesn't use that much power anyway.

My HTPC remains in standby and uses virtually no power and so doesn't bother me that much.

zpos · 31 May 2012 at 14:55

I used to leave mine on all the time but now that it's got an ssd in there it takes 2 ticks to wake it up.

Also use wake up on lan if I need to wake up and access files.

andy_mk3 · 31 May 2012 at 15:00

zpos said:
I used to leave mine on all the time but now that it's got an ssd in there it takes 2 ticks to wake it up.

Also use wake up on lan if I need to wake up and access files.

This. With an SSD, my pc and laptop boot in seconds

my htpc is always on but goes into standby.

LordSplodge · 31 May 2012 at 15:04

HAz said:
If you have your OS on an ssd then your mechanical hard drives should turn off into a standby mode which throws that argument out the window.

Exactly. My PC, Mac & laptop all power the HDD up and down regularly. MTBF of these devices is well beyond the normal life of a computer.

The__Malteser · 31 May 2012 at 15:15

Its going off this very second! ROOM IS BOILING! Temp says 26, but my room is directly in the sun rays. I bet its over 30 in here atm

estebanrey · 31 May 2012 at 15:16

When I had traditional HDDs I used to leave it on if I was popping out for anything less than an hour just because I'd usually have four or five programmes open that I'd want to use when I got back and couldn't be bothered waiting for the boot sequence and the time it took to re-open them.

But now I have RAID SSDs my PC loads up from cold in less than a minute and programmes open instantly so I turn it off all the time now.

King Damager · 31 May 2012 at 15:55

Mostly on during the day, but that's being a student. I spend a lot of time at home. If I worked, I'd turn it off when I went to work..

kd

Craig1981 · 31 May 2012 at 16:03

I leave it turned off whenever I'm out of the house or at night when I'm asleep. The only exception is if I'm doing a big download and want to leave it running while I'm away.

billyboyd · 31 May 2012 at 16:32

Switched off over night, it's on most of the day but if I am away for a couple of hours then I put it to sleep.

arc@css · 31 May 2012 at 16:32

Sometimes I leave it on, though usually not.

Resident · 31 May 2012 at 17:35

Switched on from the moment I get up till I go to bed. If I'm going out for any extended period of time then it's into Standby.

Curio · 31 May 2012 at 17:37

Desktop gets turned off every night. Media/server machine stays on all the time. I would let it go to sleep, but for reasons I've yet to figure out, the network adapter doesn't work when it wakes up and I have restart the machine.

Freefaller · 31 May 2012 at 17:39

I have a NAS and some networked gear that I leave on. Other than that, it's all off - then again we have laptops at home and no big pc so it's often unplugged anyway.

If I had a desktop pc I'd turn it off. Why waste electricity? Unless you're downloading a particularly large file and leave it on overnight - that brings me back to the times of dial up!