Poll of the Day > Do you shut your computer down at night?

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Sometimes. Some nights I'm just too lazy to get up to turn it off.
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Yeah.I also flip the switch for the power outlet to off.
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I restart my computer maybe once a month.
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I legit don't remember the last time I restarted my personal laptop. Should probably do that. I just close the lid and it goes into sleep mode.
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Set it to hibernate
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Yeah, it's in my bedroom, and the lights would annoy me when I'm trying to sleep. Also there's no reason to leave it on

I just put it to sleep
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I shut off my computer whenever I'm not using it. There's no reason to waste energy having it idle.
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If I'm gone for work which means I'll be gone about 10 hours or so total. I shut my rig off.

When I'm sleeping I leave it on, as it's usually only 4 - 5 hours tops due to my sleep apnea.
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yeah I don't like the sound of it when I'm trying to sleep. so I shut down or hibernate if I'm in the middle of something
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Not really. Its set to automatically go into Hibernate mode in the early hours, do that it can continue to download during the night, then I switch in back on when I need to use it, which is usually after work.
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Blighboy posted...

Set it to hibernate

MasterSword546 posted...

I just put it to sleep

This. Though I gotta wonder, with how fast SSD can boot up from cold, what reason is there to not shutdown? I know certain hardwares kinda go into a hibernate mode when not in use but I would not want my fans running 24/7 even if they cheap to replace.
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I shut down nightly as my cats tend to touch the keyboard and wake it up if I only use sleep mode.
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InfestedAdam posted...

what reason is there to not shutdown?

well, during your sleep is a good time for downloads and seeding and stuff.
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My laptop will probably explode if I leave it on over night so yeah.
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I very very rarely ever turn off my pc.
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acesxhigh posted...

well, during your sleep is a good time for downloads and seeding and stuff.

Ah good point, I haven't torrented in ages but forgot about that. I'll admit, I have left my games/computer running a few times to farm stuff in the background (i.e. Factorio, Fable III, etc.)
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No. I have multiple servers running on it.

No, although the screen turns off, etc, by itself after a certain amount of time so at least some functions aren't running.
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No, I shut mine down in the morning.
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A few times a month.
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The only time I've shut down my computer is when I was traveling for work for a month at a time.
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Zangrief posted...

No. I have multiple servers running on it.

I thought about setting up a NAS at home but I think this was one reason I hesitated about doing it. As convenient as it might be I do not think I would be remotely accessing my NAS often enough to justify setting it up.
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Not only are you wasting energy but also shortening the lifespan what you leave it on.

i usually put it on sleep mode. quicker to turn back on later. i used to shut it down but one day it started taking longer to boot up. like a lot longer. so now i just put it to sleep mode.
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Whenever I'm not using it I shut it down. Even more so when I'm going to bed. I have my PC in my bedroom and can't sleep with the slightest noise so off it goes.
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I set it to sleep.
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I shut down my computer before bed every night unless I download something huge.
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jamieyello3 posted...

Not only are you wasting energy but also shortening the lifespan what you leave it on.

That's BS, my last computer was 10 years old when I replaced it and the only reason I did was because the graphics card I was about to put in it had more Ghz then the processor on the motherboard.

Hell, my school has computers that are 30 years old that have never been shutdown.
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-when I used to have limewire or kazaa, it would stay on.

-i don't have virus laden shareware now so I power the rig off
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Dikitain posted...

jamieyello3 posted...

Not only are you wasting energy but also shortening the lifespan what you leave it on.

That's BS,

Yeah, shutting it down nightly really doesn't make your PC not last as long.

I only shut my PC off after I play graphic intensive games cause my PC runs slow after I'm done. And even then I don't actually shut it down, I just restart it.
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Dikitain posted...

That's BS, my last computer was 10 years old when I replaced it and the only reason I did was because the graphics card I was about to put in it had more Ghz then the processor on the motherboard.

That's impressive and you had it on almost 24/7? I can see most of the hardware having some sort of sleep mode but even the fans lasted that long? I think the longest lasting hardware I had was a hard drive that went about seven years before starting having issues.
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Yea, but only cuz the light bothers me lol.
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InfestedAdam posted...

Dikitain posted...

That's BS, my last computer was 10 years old when I replaced it and the only reason I did was because the graphics card I was about to put in it had more Ghz then the processor on the motherboard.

That's impressive and you had it on almost 24/7? I can see most of the hardware having some sort of sleep mode but even the fans lasted that long? I think the longest lasting hardware I had was a hard drive that went about seven years before starting having issues.

Yea, the big thing is you have to keep everything clean. What wears out fans is when they get caked in dirt and have to work twice as hard to spin. As long as they stay clean and can move freely they will last for a long time.

And yea, I tend to keep my computer on all the time, usually only turn it off if I go on vacation.
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Yes, just a regular shutdown.
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Are there any of you who leave it on just because you can? I feel like that's a startlingly common thing. I saw some explanations that made sense, like when running long downloads, but I also see some people whose attitude seems to boil down to "Why turn it off?" Well, why not turn it off? Do you also leave the lights on in other rooms in your house when you go to bed? I know lights turn on instantly and have one function, while a computer takes a little longer and does more things, but I think you get the idea - needless wasting of energy.


I did leave my work computer on most of the time, but that's because it started taking forever to boot up, and because I'd usually have a lot of programs and files open and I didn't want to have to re-open a bunch of stuff that I was still in the middle of working on every morning. Also, people there would needlessly leave on machines that consumed a lot more power, so I felt like the amount of energy I could save is such a small percentage of what the whole office used anyway.

I shut it down every time I'm not using it, so a few times a day. I also unplug it, remove the power supply, and turn off the wall socket at the breaker.
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It turns off when it needs to restart to finish updating. Outside of that it is on 24/7.

Can just go ahead and get to what i want to be doing rather than waiting for it to turn on and load.
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What's so important in your lives that you guys can't wait a couple minutes for a computer to turn on


Probably nothing

Why waste those couple minutes when its unnecessary?
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Why waste energy when it's unnecessary?

Why not just turn it on in the morning and then go make breakfast or brush your teeth or whatever while you wait? I'm sure you have something you can do unless you spend literally every waking second on the computer. And if you do spend that much time on it, I doubt that a couple minutes adds up to much lost productivity in a given day.

How old is your computer that you can make breakfast while it boots?
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It's not... but that's exactly my point. You can boot it up and it will be done with time to spare while you're doing something else that you'd probably be doing anyway.

Wasted time is actually a loss to me. Energy is not even a thought.

Even ignoring the above i would have to go out of my way to form a habit for doing that. Keeping to convenience is more appealing to me.
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How is that a hard habit to form? It seems like it would be pretty easy to realize when your computer is not on and then turn it on. You're not going to get very far in your computing before realizing the computer is off

Never said it was hard. Just unneeded effort to do so and more convenient to keep as is. Also counterproductive with the first line.
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Okay, enjoy your unnecessary electrical bill values

Will do.
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DorkLink posted...

How is that a hard habit to form? It seems like it would be pretty easy to realize when your computer is not on and then turn it on. You're not going to get very far in your computing before realizing the computer is off

None of your arguments give any reason for someone to turn off their PC every night.
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