Do you turn your computer off when you're away from it or at night?

[purplehayes]

Do you turn your computer off when you're away from it or at night?

I turn mine off at night when I go to bed and then turn it on again when I get up in the morning. I've just recently moved to the United States from a desert island and just now learned that Energy Star appliances are more efficient than I thought they would be.

I was just wondering if y'all left your machines on 24/7 or shut them down when you were away for awhile and the reasons for your logic.

PH

 

[StageLeft]

Its on all the time. I hate booting up.

 

[aUt0eXebat]

I usually turn it off, too give it a rest. Unless im d/l something. (yea.... still have dialup )

 

[Chef0083]

Unless I am going to be gone more that 24 hours it's stays on.

 

[nd]

All of my boxes are on 24/7.

 

[Electric Amish]

I leave mine on to crunch Seti...

amish

 

[oldandquitemad]

24/7 unless they need to get their pipes blown out.

 

[TomC25]

I shutdown every night so I keep resources up

not too much trouble to boot up when I use it

 

[Tripleshot]

I just turn off monitors,computers run continously(which is why I can't understand the bashing of Abit mobos. Mine have never failed!)

 

[IBhacknU]

I would love to leave it on... nekkid cracking an all. Problem is the damn electricty bills have gone up 100% this last year even without the computer on. Friggin rise in fuel prices.

 

[thebestMAX]

Turn it off for anything over an hour.

 

[snow patrol]

I went through about 3 months of leaving it on for around 23.9 hours a day P), but then we got the electricty bill. Now I turn it off at night.

It's still on for around 16 hrs a day though.

 

[yakko]

I have to turn it off at night now because my new bedroom is smaller and it makes to much noise for me.

 

[Mday]

sometimes.

 

[perry]

I just hit the power button to put it into hibernate mode at night time. Wake up, smack the mouse, go to the bathroom, and the puter is ready for me to check my email when I get back.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

I can't do that, I am searching for extraterrestrial intelligence at home.

 

[Cable God]

Mine are crack machines, off-site BDC's from work, and web servers. Can't turn them off

 

[Farbio]

on all the time, its quiet and when i'm away, it doesn't use that much electricity, so y not?

 

[MC]

I forget when is the last time turn off my computer??

 

[BCYL]

On all the time... needs to keep cracking for TA Cube...

 

[DAM]

i think i turned it off when i installed some program but that was some weeks ago. and my linux box nevers goes down either.





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[BowDown]

My Server Tower is on 24/7... but my primary computer is shut off at night. It takes like 30seconds to boot in the morning, and I get a fresh memory allocation to start the day. I think my parents would kill me if I left my dual 19" monitors on all night (even on standby) .

 

[Stallion]

Turn them off, are you kiddin me. I'm with in 30 units of taking over second place on my SETI team and about 55 of 1st place. no way do these babies get turned off.

 

[nickdakick]

Ahem, what are you guys talking about ? Don't tell me there is a way to.... no way, no :disgust: Always have been wondering what those buttons on the box underneath my komputah are for.

 

[Raspewtin]

Mine goes into Standby mode after a few hours.