Poll: Do You Turn Off Your PC/Console?
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Well I don't turn my computer off soon as I'm done playing a game for like 20 minutes, but I usually turn it on whenever I get home, and then turn it off when I go to bed. I can't sleep with it humming all night, I really can't. And I need my 8 hours or I go homicidal.
Consoles I only turn on when I play them, I usually only leave them on if something is downloading/updating. My computer I turn off every night, mostly because it is hard to sleep with it on. Sometimes I'll turn it on in the morning and let stuff download while I'm at school, or just have it sit there...
The PS3 is off when I'm not using it. Don't really see much point in leaving it on.
My desktop and laptop are usually left in standby/hibernate when I'm not using them, but if I'm away from home for more than a day or two, I'll shut them down.
My desktop and laptop are usually left in standby/hibernate when I'm not using them, but if I'm away from home for more than a day or two, I'll shut them down.
I turn my PC off when I'm going to leave it for more than an hour, otherwise I use the conveniently placed 'sleep' hot-key on my keyboard. If it's downloading, I'll set it to turn itself off when it's done. However I do this to save the planet rather than making sure my computer can have a rest.
I almost always turn it off overnight, unless I'm downloading something or doing a long scan or something. There's no point in leaving it on otherwise, since it uses 700W of power that I (read: my parents) pay for, and it makes a loud noise and flashes lights all night.
However, I feel I have more justification than most people to leave it on, since I've set it to donate some processor time to research projects from around the world whenever the screensaver comes on. (If you're interested, go [a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/"]here[/a]! You can choose a cool screensaver!)
However, I feel I have more justification than most people to leave it on, since I've set it to donate some processor time to research projects from around the world whenever the screensaver comes on. (If you're interested, go [a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/"]here[/a]! You can choose a cool screensaver!)
Surely the real risk is that the computer is writing an important file to the disk when you turn off the power, and it leaves a corrupted file on your drive?illas said:
Ehm, electricity bill?!
If I don't think I need to use my computer within the next 30 mins, I turn it off. No point in leaving it on, that's expensive as well. I turn it on and off a few times per day, and my system is very stable, very few hardware issues. I don't think it hurts it to be turned off.
If I don't think I need to use my computer within the next 30 mins, I turn it off. No point in leaving it on, that's expensive as well. I turn it on and off a few times per day, and my system is very stable, very few hardware issues. I don't think it hurts it to be turned off.
Consoles are off while my laptop is on hibernate. So I can start where I left off as if I never turned it off.
My console is only on when I'm gaming, so it's off most of the time.
Whereas for the PC- it's 'on' almost constantly. IE- not off, but on standby when I'm not using it.
It's just annoying waiting for the comp to boot up, then give it a few more mins to 'chill' after the strain of waking up. Wouldn't want to do that every day, so standby it is.
Whereas for the PC- it's 'on' almost constantly. IE- not off, but on standby when I'm not using it.
It's just annoying waiting for the comp to boot up, then give it a few more mins to 'chill' after the strain of waking up. Wouldn't want to do that every day, so standby it is.
My PC and consoles are all in my bedroom, and I need complete silence and darkness to sleep. So off they go.
I usually turn it on in the morning and off when I go to bed. I'm gonna be on it a good part of that time anyways, and it's faster than booting up every couple hours. I left my last PC on all the time and it ended up self destructing.
Correct - assuming that you perform a full (normal) shutdown, no such issues should occur. Likewise, sending a computer to sleep while it is processing something will not interfere with writing a file to the HD: the system sends all the unused components to sleep (monitor output, mouse + keyboard, graphics card, sound card, etc.), lets currently running operations complete, then sleeps the remainder.Tharwen said:
External issues such as a power cut to your house can, as you mention, screw normal files over completely (though critical system files should be safe).
