PC: on or off?
 

do you always leave your PC on or do you turn it off when not in use?

I will turn it off at night when I go to bed, know that I'm going out for a couple hours and while I'm at work,

But leave it on usually throughout the day if I'm home.

I know there is a age old debate on what is better for your PC. I turn mine off when I'm not around it so something like a fan outtage, etc doesn't occur when I'm not home/sleeping. Plus it helps keep the electric bill down.

I turn mine off before I go to sleep.

weve already done this. And someone posted a link to a study that prooved that keeping hte comp on actually used the same or a little less electricty(if you leave it off for a week this wont work obviously)
Anyways, at home I turn it off, but at school I leave it on.

inb4cockblock

my windows box is on 3-4 days then i reboot (because it keeps being laggy). Linux box is on 24/7.

leave it on because im a lazy bastard and i dont pay for electricity. I think im being an asshole but i should turn it off

I turn it off when i'm done using it. I always think "Hey, what happens if the cooling fan takes a shit and i'm not at home?"

that makes sense. ill start turning it off more often

my pc is off all the time. only use it to burn shit.

my laptop is on all day, and i usually turn it off when i goto sleep unless im downloading something overnight

[quote="Sgt. Paine":1a7b9]that makes sense. ill start turning it off more often[/quote:1a7b9]

yeah i should do that more often

Mine rarely goes off - Usually only when the g/f stays over, because she can't sleep with the buzzing from the tower....

I've noticed that they can heat the room a little bit too, especially if you have a CRT monitor.

LOL. do you have two have sex?!?!OMGGGGG

i leave mine on all the time, unless i go away for more than a day...

I don't need sex from females, coz I cn suk my own dik - and i only jack off tew men.

hehehehe. sometimes i touch myself in the mirror ongzzzz

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lmaooo

i turn it off when i go to sleep, unless im downloading something.

Always ON.

always on

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":21340]always on[/quote:21340]

Offtopic, but I can't sleep unless there is some kind of noise going on... PC fans almost aren't enough. I need a movie or music or something to put me to sleep.

Anyway, I always leave my machine on.

I feel the same way....I usually chuck the TV on with a DVD and put it on sleep timer to go off after like an hour and a half...

Me i always sleep with music... the classical station is great for sleeping. dance:

always on freak:

Mine is on 24/7

Always on.

off unless im dl a shyt load of pr0n that my sister can find rock:

leave it on if im Dling something

I USE to turn it off when I wasnt using it for a long period of time, Now I just hot The sleep key on my keyboard and It shuts down the PC, fans and everything, but is still technically on, it's just using the minimal amount of power needed, then when I come home, I just hit the power button and everything comes back on the way I left it


Its kinda like shutting it off, only when you turn it on, you dont gotta wait through the boot screen.

Always on unless im leaving for more than a day. 85% of the time downloading.

i turn my comp off at home and at work. i have to turn my home pc off cause the fan sounds like a hairdryer.

You should always keep it on.


Why ?

I will explain.

Your hardrive is constantly rewriting information all over your drive. It rewrites this information in order to prevent magnetic corruption of the data. THE DATA IS STORED ON tracks within sectors on the hard drive platter. Thus why after constant writing, and rewriting of your files over and OVER...... you need to defragment your hardrive. It is reccommended for optimal HD speed, that it should be defragmented once every day. So keeping your computer on is actaully one of the best ways to prevent data loss itself.

Magnetics play a key role in data degregation. So if your computer is off, and not rewriting data.. then data can be lost and corrupted over time. It happens really easily as well. You may not notice, but it is happening. Speakers, and all sorts of things will cause your drive trouble if your computer is off. Also, the sudden surge of power from powering on the computer also has a slight damaging effect.

Defrag every night...rofl i think i defrag every 4 months biggrin:

always on

mine is on 24/7 unless i go on a trip for moer than 2 days

Kyoto protocol guy.."Hey you fuckers, computers..leave 'em on or switch 'em off!?

Everyone at Kyoto summit "always on!1"

Kyoto protocol guy"omfgrofl freak: "

I'll usually turn it off when I go out or to bed, unless im downloading

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