Do you turn your PC off?

drbx19 · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:32

Or leave it on all the time with an occassional restart?

Or do you turn it off whenever you're done with it...

Is it bad to leave it always on?

Dandaman · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:35

My computer is on all day but I turn it off at night when I hit the hay....

Randomface74 · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:36

off at night, off when i'm at work, otherwise on.

I find a reboot a day keeps the... whatever...away.

SeraphX · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:37

never, well unless system updates, it's sleep the rest of the time

101predator · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:38

as above, off at night, off when i'm at work

Philtor · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:43

Turn mine off when im finished using it but tends to be on constantly at the weekends.

Semple · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:48

Home PC just gets hibernated each night. I reckon it clocks up about 10-14 days before i give it a reset. Work PC runs 24/7, i had to reset it earlier cause it was being weird. Might have been because its been on about 45 days. Both running windows mind.

InfiniteNoise · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:51

I always leave my PC on, unless I'm away for more than 2 days.

TheVoice · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:51

I always use sleep. All the power saving benefits of shut-down/hibernate with none of the waiting around for it to boot.

Geeman1979 · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:52

On and off as and when I use it.

nitr0uk · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:53

Mines usually on all day then off at night.

Serenityxo · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:53

On when I'm using it/at home then it's asleep when I'm not, 45 min sleep timer also.

Hyburnate · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:54

Costs less money to leave it on than to keep running up and down xD

Reaper 392 · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:54

TheVoice said:
I always use sleep. All the power saving benefits of shut-down/hibernate with none of the waiting around for it to boot.

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not quite all. hibernate means you can switch off at the plug, whereas sleep needs a tiny bit of power going to the RAM. we're probably talking ~5-10W, but every little helps
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Curunen · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:54

Sleep during the day, but everything off at the wall during the night.

TheVoice · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:56

Reaper 392 said:
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not quite all. hibernate means you can switch off at the plug, whereas sleep needs a tiny bit of power going to the RAM. we're probably talking ~5-10W, but every little helps
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That's a good point, it's only a few Watts though so I don't mind personally.

big jenks · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:58

i infact never turn my pc off or put it into sleep mode or what ever olny restart for updates when i have a few months worth stacked up or it restart why i am at work or somthing.

i think it more i cba turning it on when i get back to it and i always put a film/tv show on to fall sleep to.

Paul11 · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:59

leave it on 24/7 unless i go away on holiday

PhillyDee · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:59

Laptop gets hibernated, main pc gets switched off, shop pc gets sleep mode. Server is always on.
So one of each

Zero Pope · 24 Oct 2011 at 21:59

Off when I'm asleep/at work. Always on if I'm in or just popping out.