Do you leave your computers on at night?

[Spoooon]

I used to leave my desktop running all the time, but now I turn everything off and turn off the powerstrip.

 

[mobobuff]

I shut my desktop off, but leave my laptop running on my bedside table playing episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000. I use AMP WinOFF to have it shut down after 2 hours.

I have the craziest dreams on the nights I fall asleep watching MST3K episodes.

 

[jman19]

I used to leave it on all the time, but I keep it off when I'm not using it to save some cash now.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Yes, because I'm 1. Lazy, and 2. Not poor.

- M4H

 

[jimbob200521]

Since most days I don't even get on my computer (), I don't bother leaving it on. But even if I did get on it daily, I'd still probably shut it down. Something about leaving it running 24/7 and having all the components (HD's mainly) running constantly just doesn't sit right with me. I've always been paranoid that my HD's will fail on me and I will lose all of my data.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Captante
I only shut mine down if I'm leaving my house for more then 24 hours.

 

[DaShen]

Yes, I usually leave it on idling, but I set my email and chat stuff on so that I don't miss a message in the morning.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Right now, no, because we don't have AC in the house. Normally, all machines are up and running 24/7, crunching whatever project TeAm Anandtech has chose for the month.

Yes. If I'm not downloading the latest TV show I missed, it's crunching Folding@Home work for Team Anandtech. Most of the time it's doing both.

User: David_Boaz

Team: 198

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Turn it of as it puts out to much heat. Yep powered by Intel.

In the winter I will leave it on for the heat. But its getting hot now.

Someone needs a Core 2 Duo .

 

[fLum0x]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I never shut it off.

 

[Amused]

I never shut it off.

 

[pontifex]

i leave mine on while at home and turn it off while at work. occasionally i'll leave it on while at work, like if i really need/want t download something.

 

[jds2006]

i leave it on overnight so i can download my bittorents.

 

[hydroponik]

On 24/7, even if not downloading from newsgroups/irc/torrents.

Only time I'll shut it off if I know I'll be gone for an extended period of time (2+ days).

 

[Juno]

24/7 always but i don't run any kind of distributed computing thing.

 

[j00fek]

yep, when i DL all night

 

[FeuerFrei]

Usually it's OFF at night and daytime as well during work hours.

Unless there are uploads/downloads in progress.

If I'm home though, its always ON.

 

[ravana]

Laptop is off at night. Other machines usually have somethin or the other running on em 24/7 so they stay on (prime95, webserver, etc.)

 

[Jeff7]

I only leave it on if I've got some specific reason - encoding video, downloading, or to record something.

 

[Uppsala9496]

Yep. All of them are busy folding.

I did just turn off my linux box this morning because it was acting up.

 

[Kelemvor]

Yes if I have work for it to do. Otherwise no.

 

[slatr]

1 up, 3 down.

 

[manowar821]

I'll leave it on to do work. Otherwise it goes into hibernation.

 

[Trey22]

I turn my laptop on only when I need it... the wife's laptop is on 24/7.

 

[ballmode]

24/7