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Do You Turn Off Your Computer? - Page 2

I most definately shut my computer down when I'm not using it. A lot of that comes from the fact that my computer is so old they don't make it anymore, and if I leave it on for more than a few hours without it being used the first I do go to use it, it freezes up. Then I end up having to restart it anyways, and because of that, I have to manually shut it down. I just save myself some steps by shutting it down.

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I leave my computer on all the time. I have had some unfortunate experiences in the past when I have shut my computer down and the hard drive failed to restart properly. The computer actually goes into a low energy consuming sleep (feature with the computer) and is awaken by touching the keyboard. Monitor does the same thing. I guess it is more out of fear from the past...

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Do You Turn Off Your Computer? Gaming Video & Issues Computer

To be honest I tend to turn mine off at night but leave it running, or hibernate, during the day. The reason I turn it off at night is because I cant stand wasting the electricity. Through the day it is a form of communication for me, with people choosing to reach me via I'M services or email as opposed to using the telephone.
On my Btec course at college we have discussed this same issue and were advised that the best option was to hibernate the pc if it wasn't to be used for a long time, I have mine scheduled to do this automatically and I have a shortcut on my desktop to enable this if I was to go out for a while. Apparently it is the cold boot process that puts the strain on your pc components. However I feel in this day and age the manufactures must take account of the fact that the majority of home owners how have at least one pc which they will be shutting down and rebooting on a regular basis, and therefore must have improve the components durability to the effects of this.
My laptop I shut down more often than the desktop, but surely laptops are designed with this in mind.
To be honest I think it is a case of "6 of one, half a dozen of another", who knows?
Do manufactures put components through any kind of testing?

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I turn my laptop off usually. The only time I don't turn it off is if I know I'll be using it again within a few hours, and I have it plugged it. It seems pointless to me to turn it on and off a few times within four hours.

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I rarely if ever turn my computer off for longer than it takes to install a new piece of hardware. I always feel as I am running far enough behind that I need not wait on my computer to boot when I am ready to use it. (Mainly because it takes nearly 10 minutes to come into windows.)

Do You Turn Off Your Computer?

I turn my machine off for the night and when leaving home for longer than 2 hours.

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I always turn off my computer because of anyone entering my flat and accessing my personal files. I also save a lot of energy as a result thus I am saving money.

Do Turn Your Computer Computer Issues & Video Gaming - Page 2

It all depends on which I'm using, but for our everyday PC its a boot up when needed and a shut down when finished, I have never thought about the wear and tear of the components as the manufacturers should be thinking now, with a PC in 90% of households, in the UK certainly, That they should be able to handle at least 3 years of daily bootups/shutdowns minimum.

But my partner (the techy) has also set up a Pc to run and monitor the house security, heating and air conditioning systems (god only know why, but she likes to fiddle, so I'm expecting to be replaced very soon myself.)

So this is on 24/7 unless a software installation reboot is needed. This has no external connections so the chance of hacking into the system is non existent, or so she tells me.