standby - who uses it?

Soldato
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hey all, just curious to know if any one here uses the standby option when shuting down?

1. yay
or
2. nay

a poll perhaps please kind dons?

cheers :)
 
I dont turn anything off, ever.

Everything is on so that when I sit down to use it there is no wait. Especially the PC.
 
Nope, just press shut down then dive into bed :D , i never leave my pc on all night unless im downloading something.

Mark
 
I never turn my computers off, constant power cycling is bad for the components (apparently), plus waiting for it to boot up is just annoying.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Never, dont see the point, it takes less than a minute to boot up. Its not like i am in a hurry when i come home.

It leaves everything exactly the way it was, all your programs running etc Any windows you have open, usefull because it saves the effort of shutting all the apps down and opening them up again if your working on something. It also allows your tv card to power on your pc if something is scheduled to record.
 
Sleep mode on my Mac for the win!!

I love the way the hard drive stops so I can carry it around, and boot it up in <5 secs :D
 
rmuir said:
is this true???

Well, apart from a dodgy Maxtor drive, I haven't had any hardware fail in either of my G5 towers (they've been powered up 24/7 since brand new).

Server hardware generally lasts longer as it's on 24/7 and rarely rebooted.
 
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