Laptop people: what state do you leave your laptops in?

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i carry it to/from work everyday, so i turn it on/off the normal old fashioned way

I carry my computer all over the place all day, and I never "turn it off." Hibernating is the way to go!

 

[Uppsala9496]

Originally posted by: MDE
I leave mine on 24\7 for it to run Folding@Home.

Same thing. Not even taking it on my trip this week since I don't want my stats to drop.

 

[Kelemvor]

Many times laptops have trouble waking back up from sleep/standby/hibernate mode. If I'm using my laptop and just walking over to a meeting room or somethign like that, I just leave it on. I set the switch so when I shut the lid it doesn't do anything so when I open it back up it's right there. When I leave for the day I turn it off.

 

[konakona]

i leave it on when i go to sleep, just close the cover when i am moving between places

 

[Tom]

I turn things off when I'm not using them.

 

[imthebadguy]

hibernacle

 

[dr150]

hibernate. stand-by uses the batts

 

[JulesMaximus]

On and Off are pretty much the only states I leave my laptop in.

 

[Aves]

Hibernate.

 

[thomsbrain]

it's not a very good idea to leave a laptop in stand-by when you're carrying it around in its case. although they do produce far less heat than when on, they still do produce heat and rely on natural airflow to keep the CPU cool. they get next to no air when you put them away.

 

[artikk]

I leave mine off or in hibernate mode when not using the laptop. Who wants to pay for wasted electricity?

 

[xcript]

I usually shut mine down as I don't use it very often.

 

[BHeemsoth]

I have not restarted my T42 in months. Hibernate always.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

except when going unlplugged I leave it on running Folding @ Home 24/7 (I only go unplugged maybe a total of a month out of the year)

 

[cronos]

always hibernate.

this thread needs 100% more poal.

 

[So]

hibernate.

 

[handoverfist]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
mine turns the monitor off, I use it as a webserver, good 'ol 500mhz celeron with 64mb of ram built-in ups too. It hosts this... http://drunkhobo.dyndns.org/drunkhobohigh.html

just fyi, u spell collage wrong on ur site...

 

[Rock Hydra]

When I'm not using it, I shut it down. When I close it up and take it say, to another room in my house, I have it set to do nothing when the lid closes. So it stays on.

 

[frodrick]

at night while i'm sleeping: downloading pr0n.
during the day while i'm at work: downloading pr0n.