[POLL] - Do you Shut Down?

[Kelemvor]

When you won't be using your PC for a while (assuming your not cranking Seti type apps) such as overnight or during the day while you're at work, what do you do with your PC?

I've heard that Vista doesn't need to be rebooted very often and that just Hibernating all the time is fine. I know XP needs to be rebooted now and then or it starts acting up. Haven't used Widow 7 yet...

Updated with Leave it Running options...

 

[Soundmanred]

Voted WinXP - Shut Down, but I haven't shut down my XP box in over a year. (I have a UPS for power outages)

 

[BassBomb]

PC goes on when I reach home, PC goes off (shutdown) when I go to sleep. (XP)

 

[chalmers]

I haven't turned my PC (XP) off in over a year, except for the very random reboot. I also don't run anything special on it.

 

[xj0hnx]

Sleep, might as well be off, and much faster to get running again thn a cold boot.

 

[funkymatt]

servers stay on full power all the time, desktop is usually on with the monitor turned off. media center machine goes to sleep.

 

[masteryoda34]

Power on in morning, sleep when not in use during day, shutdown before I go to bed.

 

[CRXican]

neither, full power 24/7

only the monitors sleep after 15min

 

[ahenkel]

I don't turn off the computer and at the moment sleep and hibernate are disabled. The white noise from the fans help me sleep.

 

[her209]

XP x64 - Shut down

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i just standup and walk away. i dont know what it does when im not around

 

[Blunc]

power down...it's the only way to be sure.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: CRXican
neither, full power 24/7

only the monitors sleep after 15min

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
Voted WinXP - Shut Down, but I haven't shut down my XP box in over a year. (I have a UPS for power outages)

So you lied in the poll then?

 

[nageov3t]

vista, shutdown.

my computer is in my bedroom and the noise/lights bother me at night (I'll suck it up if I'm downloading a large file or something, but 99% of the time it goes down when I go to sleep and stays off till I get home from work the following day)

 

[MikeMike]

uh what about us osx users?

 

[FeuerFrei]

Shut off, if I'm off to work or sleep.

Only time I might use stand-by in XP is if I'm going out for only a couple hours or so.

 

[Kelemvor]

Sorry, Don't care about non Windows users for this poll... Just pick one.

 

[octopus41092]

For my desktop running Vista I just leave it on all the time.

My laptop also running Vista I just put to sleep when it's not in use.

 

[mugs]

My desktop computer uses 13 watts when idle. I don't usually shut it down.

I can't vote in your poll because I don't use any of those OSes (yet - I have Windows 7 preordered).

 

[EvilYoda]

I shut down maybe once or twice a week? I usually have something running or downloading overnight.

 

[Krazy4Real]

I run vista and I usually shut down at night.

 

[Crono]

No, I run off 3 fusion power generators.

EDIT Oh, you mean my PC. I use hibernate for laptop, and shutdown/restart PC only for updates. Otherwise my main PC is always on.

 

[TwiceOver]

Laptop - Suspend
Desktop - Suspend
HTPC - Suspend
Server - Always On

Ubuntu.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Home computer - Vista, hibernate
Work computer - XP, shut down