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Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

VaraneseMontufar — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:37:27 EDT

@bandit:
Read the amount of watts used on your pc, your monitor, your scanner anything else related to your pc and write then down. Add then all together. Maybe something like 1200 watts. Two ways you can finish this: Let's say your setup would use 1200 watts for a period of 10 hours. The lady with the electric company can give you the x amount of dollars it would cost in electricity for that time frame. Or you could ask about a 24 hour figure. Hope I helped , y2kv

VaraneseMontufar

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ZandraCain — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:42:39 EDT

Comment on Question My PC is liquid cooled so I turn it off at night, I'd hate to wake up to a flaming puddle...

ZandraCain

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MegaZone — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:07:59 EDT

I leave my PC, a laptop, on 7x24. The only time it is turned off is if I'm traveling with it. I come and go from the laptop all the time, at all hours, and Windows takes so long to power up I'm not about to shut it down. Plus I use TiVo's Web Video which uses the PC to transcode video, so it needs to be on.

I do have the power saving modes set to power off the display, spin down the drive when not used, etc.

But I bet my PS3 is using FAR more power - I have it running 7x24 on Folding@Home. The only time it isn't is when I'm playing a game, which is frankly not often (too busy and not much of a gamer), or watching Blu-ray (more often).

MegaZone

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devGOD — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:56:04 EDT

by the time a computer dies it time for a new one anyway.

devGOD

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-Core- — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:05:45 EDT

My Desktop is off 99% of the time unless, I am messing around with some cg art.. which I went from doing every now and then to none at all, for quite awhile now..

My Laptop is on 24/7 99% of the time.

I do occasionally turn it off.. but its rare.

-Core-

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VeasnaMule — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:45:03 EDT

Comment on Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off? I use my iPhone app and a windows service that I wrote myself to turn any of my computers ON(wake on lan) or OFF using iPhone from anywhere in the world. Sleek...isn't it? I can also hibernate, sleep, or logoff the user remotely from my iPhone.

VeasnaMule

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Crake — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:26:17 EDT

My server stays on 24/7 since its a server.

My workstation on the other hand goes off at night since it pretty much needs its own power station to run and sounds like a jet engine.

In terms of the environment I don't have much else thats sucks the power so its all good, would love to run the computers off the grid though maybe one day when I can afford some solar goodness

Crake

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Digitalwanderer — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:25:50 EDT

Server machine stays on 24/7 (really need to look into HDD spin down and other power saving measures; it's not hugely used during the day).

Desktop is switched off at night and while I'm at work, unless it's downloading something - and these days I offload most downloading to the server anyway.

Digitalwanderer

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discomonkey — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:52:17 EDT

I leave my OLPC on all night... you have no idea how hard it is to sleep while you turn that crank.

discomonkey

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Narual — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:43:34 EDT

No hibernate or sleep options?

My PC I sleep after 30, hibernate after 60, bitch when I wake it up and it can't find the network til I reboot it about one out of 10 times (and used to bitch because it would leave my graphics card fans stuck on low, but I upgraded to a newer one with a giant heatsink and heat pipes and no fans.)

My mac laptop I shut the lid on with a full battery to put it to sleep, then open it the next day with a dead battery because sometimes it gets insomnia and keeps burning juice all night.

My work PC is on 24/7/365 and I get pissed if anyone turns it off, because I never know when I'm going to need to remote into it from home. I do have it set to power down what it can though.

Narual

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drsmith — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:46:43 EDT

I leave mine on all the time. Here's my tips:

1) Seagate Barracuda ES series hard drives. Rated for server use.

2) Passively cooled motherboard. Gigabyte makes several very good motherboards with passive cooling and solid capacitors.

3) Passively cooled video card. There are a few out there that have OK performance for gaming, decent memory, and are passively cooled. Most of them are using ATI GPU's though.

4) When you absolutely have to use a fan, use a BIG fan. Bigger fans run at lower RPM's and move more air. They will be quieter and last much, much longer, too.

5) As a bonus, I would also recommend a power supply that varies fan speed vs internal case temperature. These will also a) have bigger fans, b) run quieter, and c) last a very long time without wearing out the bearings of either the power supply fan or the case fans. Of course, on-demand cooling such as this also limits dust ingress into the case.

6) Extra bonus. If you *really* care about dust, don't ever put a computer on the floor! I've serviced many of these things and the ones that are the worst are consistently the ones that didn't sit up off the floor. I even cleaned one Dell Poweredge 2500 server that had over an inch of carpet fibers blocking the air vents. Just don't do it and you should be all set for the long haul.

drsmith

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dantaylor08 — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:00:30 EDT

I consume vast amounts of power while my 5 servers at work, and my laptop sit idle. I'm not green and I'm proud of it.

So sick of environmentalists man - do you realize that according to satellite data (NASA), the average temp. of the world has dropped .4 degrees Celsius in the last 10 years? I'll leave you to try to comprehend that with your pea brains while I go start my gas-guzzling pickup and laugh maniacally.

dantaylor08

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XJ_4x4 — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:38:06 EDT

@Lupison: That's right, it's ALL AMERICA'S fault :-/
Piffit

XJ_4x4

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XJ_4x4 — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:32:54 EDT

2 computers on 24/7, doing ABSOFRIKKINLUTLY nothing when I'm not there :p
It's all about convenience baby!
I don't wants to be waitin for the machines to be bootin up when I wants to be playin my gamez or checkin my e-mailz ;-)
Monitors are the only things that get turned off when not in use.

XJ_4x4

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TychoCelchuuu — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:14:47 EDT

Standby mode at night.

TychoCelchuuu

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mrdale — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:08:04 EDT

I leave all three in my house on ALL the time (3 people).

BUT, I think the we're all missing the point. Just imagine how much energy we'd save and what a huge difference we'd make if every Giz reader...

(1) Had their computers auto shutdown at night and startup in the morning.
(2) Used one of these power saving powerstrips... [pogue.blogs.nytimes.com]

As a web developer, I always use computers heavily during the day, And have a few scripts set to run at night. I just decided to run these scripts when I take lunch, and shut off my computers, and all the peripherals at night.

Gizmodo really needs to do a follow up on this, cause everyone will benefit if we all become more responsible.

mrdale

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Chiper — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:50:29 EDT

My PC only gets turned on when I want to play games, but my mac mini is on 24/7, serving files, lurking on IRC, and downloading my email. I VNC into it from home and, occasionally, from my laptop in the same house.

Chiper

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SneakerFiend — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:32:56 EDT

Well if they really want to save energy why dont they push for a solar powersupply.
Or a UPS that is charged off of solar power or something like that???
Jeah they dont want us to conserve energy if they did they would push for things like that to be made that dont break our wallets either.
And my computer is off for i'd have to say atleast 12h a day. And when its on for more than 12h its cuz well im playing music, games, and chatting all @ the same time while my AC is on, my fan, and my TV.
But then again i do recycle and im only @ home for about 10h a day. And i only do that on the sunday's i feel like staying at home then the rest of the week im contributing to helping lower the amount of condoms in pharmacy stores trying to stop this uprising..........lolx.

SneakerFiend

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MFlick — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:20:33 EDT

Stop Global Warming! I turn off my computer every night.

MFlick

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BigDanInTX — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:00:44 EDT

I only recently started putting it into Standby at night.

BigDanInTX

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paqman — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:54:23 EDT

I was thinking this post was going to be somewhat helpful, but was not helpful at all. It just turned into an opinion sharing session, so everyone could let everyone else know why they do or do not leave their computers on. No hard evidence or facts to help determine power useage, computer parts wear, or anything.

paqman

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Lupison — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:04:10 EDT

The thing is off more then it's on, and I play games all night long. I just don't get why people leave thier machines on so much. The 2-3 minutes it takes to boot up and down to save the planet is not that extreme. Hell considering how much of the Earth Americans already use up it's okay to take some time out to help it out, you selfish pricks.

Lupison

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avconsumer — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:57:32 EDT

standby?

avconsumer

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Ike_Skelton — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:51:43 EDT

@banmojo: That's what I always heard too; that it was better for the system in the long run to leave it on all the time.

Ike_Skelton

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Ike_Skelton — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:49:21 EDT

When my old motherboard was failing, I never turned off my computer because 75% of the time it wouldn't turn back on on the first try. Now that I've fixed the problems, I'm still in that mode where I never turn it off. I ought to turn if off when I'm not downloading anything.

I thought I remembered reading that leaving the computer on was better because most failures occur on start up?

Ike_Skelton

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genopixel — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:17:27 EDT

and they say its cool to be hip, look at all THESE hipsters - well i turn off, more so because my electric bill gets super high if i dont - =D

genopixel

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strider_mt2k — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:04:18 EDT

Up when I'm up, down when I'm down.

Considering I only sleep about 6 hours a night I should probably just leave 'em running, but old habits are hard to break.

strider_mt2k

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switchxfactor — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:41:34 EDT

I always turn my computer off when i'm done. Work and home. My desk at home is next to my bed and I can't stand any droning noises when i'm sleeping, and i'm part of the "green" initiative at work so I lead by example by turning my computer off when I leave. :D

switchxfactor

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ShashiCentaur — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:39:12 EDT

Comment on Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off? Reading all these comments just scare me. Unless your computer is actually doing something (downloading, rendering, whatever), there's no reason or excuse to leave it on or on sleep. Are just some people not willing to wait 2 minutes more to boot their computer when they get home and save our environment ? Why do you need your computer to turn on one hour before you get home ? If you pollute less by not driving a car or something, that doesn't mean you have a right to counter balance by polluting more with your computer habits, does it ? All I read is a bunch of excuses for laziness and convenience. Once again, if a computer is not doing anything, it should be off, and that's all there is to it.

ShashiCentaur

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halcalanky — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:34:21 EDT

On all the time, monitor sleeps after 1 hour of inactivity unless it detects a video playing, then it stays on until it's finished, then another hour before it turns off. Never let it sleep, wouldn't want it ruining my IRC uptime!

halcalanky

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LyriCa1z — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:18:03 EDT

The only time my computer ever shuts down is after an automatic Windows Update forces it to restart. The only "sleep" my computer gets is when my monitor turns off after 20 minutes of inactivity. Other than that, she's always purrin' along.

LyriCa1z

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phryed — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:09:12 EDT

Yeah, standby's the way to go.

phryed

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sned — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:52:06 EDT

Whenever I turn my computer off it breaks. So now I just leave it on. Its a flawless system.

sned

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Munto — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:49:27 EDT

"Piracy never sleeps"

Munto

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Tsumi91 — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:07:26 EDT

I never turn my computer off. I usually have a download running or I'm converting files.

Tsumi91

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soggy_cheerio — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:46:50 EDT

Leave it on. Fuck me tree huggers. It's better for my shit.

soggy_cheerio

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Rustydog — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:43:38 EDT

The reason to leave it on: [www.worldcommunitygrid.org]

Rustydog

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heretik — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:41:43 EDT

It really depends on how hot it is.

heretik

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FinalValgas — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:22:35 EDT

I leave it on . YOu guessed it, when I'm downloading po... movies and stuff.

FinalValgas

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pipichua — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:56:19 EDT

my dvd rom is broken, my fan is loud, ... etc.

pipichua

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FLskydiver — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:17:04 EDT

I turn it off. That way I know it can't be doing anything evil, such as plotting the complete destruction of the human race ... or downloading goatse porn pop-ups.

FLskydiver

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:05:31 EDT

I usually turn my laptop off at night, unless I fall asleep. If I'm downloading something that I need, but I have to run errands then I'll leave it on. For the most part though I turn it off.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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Frizzaper — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:03:27 EDT

Simple: Bittorrent. The need to upload files 20x longer than their download time = Computer is on uploading 24/7

The longevity of components is a moot point. I upgrade so rapidly that my system turnover time is well below the few years it takes even moving components like drives and fans to wear out.

Frizzaper

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Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:38:22 EDT

Ecounfriendly much?
Hate to admit, but I leave it on non-stop.

Ok, I do turn off sometimes to cool things down, and to "give it a break". Usually when 0 torr- I mean, "things" are downloading.

But then again, I'm using a laptop, so it's not that much power.

Expecting to double my power bills when I get enough money to buy me a gaming desktop.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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discomonkey — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:10:38 EDT

I turn my computer off at night.

But I leave the generator running to charge my iPod.

discomonkey

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SLOdog — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:08:57 EDT

Everybody has an opinion. I turn it off if not to be used for more than 12 hours...otherwise I just turn off the monitor. Im still not sold on flat screen monitors...I dont like the color and contrast as much as I do the CRT's. CRT's use a lot more power, but I dont like to shut down if Im going to be in and out of my comp. all day. Like any other thing mechanical, it will eventually break down (fans, etc.)due to friction and entropy.

SLOdog

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GadgetPlay — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:54:30 EDT

@JayD16: Me too.

GadgetPlay

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Overheal — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:35:10 EDT

find me a good way to torrent while my computer is shut down and ill shut it down. but i need my torrentz too bad ;_; speeds are slow enough as it is!

Overheal

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Red Right Hand — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:08:57 EDT

@Eothein: So...if you never turn your laptop off, and you never have your laptop, tv and game console on at the same time...can I please have your TV and game console?

Red Right Hand

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jrodbbrook — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:44:57 EDT

On 24/7. The HTPC goes to sleep on its own. The kids computer, file server, and game computer keep my basement warm. Can't get enough nuke power!!!!!

jrodbbrook

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Uncle Jerry — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:28:44 EDT

My pc is only turned ON once every 6 months. (Seems i have to use it for something only a couple of times a year). And I reboot my iBook every couple of weeks. If i'm not using it, it's in sleep mode... I never just turn it off and leave it off...

Uncle Jerry

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simmo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:19:41 EDT

I go on my pc at 6pm when I get home from work. go to bed at 12am and start my downloads that will go until 5am. If I dont want to seed the pc will turn off when all downloads are done...otherwise its on in the morning when I wake up.
Sleep for vista is the best feature ever, loads better than hibernate and the fake sleep of xp

simmo

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Anticitizen — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:14:57 EDT

The only time I really ever turn off my computer is a restart. It's shut off for like...a millisecond, and back up again. Otherwise, I just shut the lid. (MacBook)

Anticitizen

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electrikecho — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:12:33 EDT

It's off unless it's seeding... Ubuntu... yeah. Gotta share.

electrikecho

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richard8a — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:05:15 EDT

Sleep mode most of the day while I'm at work, as well as at night. I have a Mac app that will do a sleep timer for me, and even wake me to iTunes music, so I save money and electricity AND I get a sweet alarm clock.

richard8a

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Megan Fox Iz Hot! ^-^ - ph15h — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:01:03 EDT

I leave mine on every day of the week. Unless I need to restart, or my router is messing up and I can't connect or if I'm gone for more than 12 hours.

Megan Fox Iz Hot! ^-^ - ph15h

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Y2KGTP — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:56:48 EDT

If I turn off 1 off my main PC, I have to reset the time date .....too lazy to change battery....

Y2KGTP

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unpolloloco — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:56:31 EDT

I just fold continuously with my desktop. I figure that curing aids is probably more important for the long-ter survival of humanity than is throwing out an extra ton of carbon into the atmosphere

unpolloloco

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banmojo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:46:46 EDT

@officeboy: so, maybe around 100$/year or so, but your system will last 5x as long if you leave it on continuously (it's the heat/cold cycles that kill it I've heard) so methinks one saves money (and the environment as it takes a lot of energy to manufacture new PCs) by leaving 'em on 24/7. Seriously, why would anyone ever want to turn their system off anyways?

banmojo

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rimplestultskin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:32:27 EDT

off at night, off when i'm in school. because if not, the parents make me pay the electric bill for the WHOLE house, and my CPU fan's noise ruins sleep patterns.

rimplestultskin

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John Laur — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:31:25 EDT

I'm not that concerned with being green or conserving energy honestly, but when I switched to all flat panels, enabled speedstep/cool&quiet, hdd spindown, S3 suspend/S4 hibernate where possible, WoL on server, BitsLimited smartstrip to switch off lamp/speaker/peripheral junk when the monitors go to sleep, etc. my power bill dropped $60/mo (no lie). The best part is that everything is fully available at all times except for some minor waiting when something spins/wakes up (about 10 seconds at most)

This was only three machines, folks! (2 desktops and a server) I appreciate people who want to run F@H or SETI 24/7 but when I sat down and looked at it, it really wasn't worth $800/year to me.

This kind of thing is going to become a big deal in datacenters in the next few years too -- Things like VMware's Distributed Power Management are really fast ways to save piles of money, and pretty soon we'll see this kind of thing creeping into our homes too.

John Laur

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whippa0 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:30:49 EDT

Off? are u crazy? ...Plus that defeats the whole purpose of why I built myself a quiet machine.

whippa0

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ab3 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:22:31 EDT

After figuring out that leaving a 100 watt lightbulb on for 1 year straight costs about $105 (at $0.12 per kWhr), Ive decided to turn off my pc when its not being used

ab3

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lionelbob — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:20:00 EDT

Uhh....MTBF: 1,000,000 hour(s). Mean time between failure, for all those leaving them on all the time, hard drives will eventually fail. (I calculated 114 years??) Of course there is the argument that bouncing power is harder on the drive than leaving it on. However, I prefer to conserve whenever possible.

lionelbob

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Galley — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:09:36 EDT

I shut the lid on my MacBook. I never turn it off.

Galley

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Odin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:08:53 EDT

I keep mine on 24/7, even when not downloading. Chock it up to laziness really. I might take to turning it off at night when I'm not downloading next year as I'll actually be paying for electricity... though I do like the white noise my fans make.

Odin

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club662 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:03:19 EDT

Wow you guyz are all very noble: folding@home, torrents, stuff...

I leave my pc on at night to download porn... could there be anything more useful than that?

club662

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Doshu — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:02:05 EDT

My file/e-mail server, 2 media PCs, PS3, PC and my two house-mate's PCs are all on 24/7.

But I pay the bills and have been paying for "green" power for several years.

Doshu

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Stang70Fastback — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:54:51 EDT

It's called SLEEP MODE!!!

Stang70Fastback

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jpbraconi — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:53:21 EDT

it turns off??????? o.O

jpbraconi

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notatoad — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:49:09 EDT

i built a fileserver/downloader so that i could turn off my main rig at night. now i have 2 computers on 24hrs a day

notatoad

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vsboxerboy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:48:09 EDT

Leave your computer on and run folding at home. Join the [H]orde!!

(team 33)

[www.hardfolding.com]

vsboxerboy

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mfaerber — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:44:00 EDT

My computers/monitors are off whenever I'm not using them. Which is most of the time, because I get my fill of the interets at work. I very rarely download videos anymore, I'd much rather watch them online because for me, ease of use wins out over quality.

My next computer will be whatever the champion ends up being after this summers UMPC Wars. That will become my primary computer to help me use less electricity as well. I will probably even buy one of those dandy little solar chargers to help charge it.

mfaerber

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diabolusunknown — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:43:02 EDT

Gaming PC: Sleep when not in use. Main reason is because of dust. 7 120mm fans assure a lot of dust can get in, even with filters.

Old P4 Encoder: 24hr. Its a piece of shit anyways.

diabolusunknown

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javed — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:41:54 EDT

I refuse to shut down not only for longevity of equipment, (my RAID has not been turned off in 4 years) but also productivity lost in waiting for things to start up. Sure the monitors are switched for low power use, but thats only to save the monitor, not energy. I'm still not buying global warming as fact yet, there is no conclusive evidence. Still too many different views. Give me power and keep it coming!!!!!

javed

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kibets — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:36:38 EDT

My Dell XPS 710 is on 24/7 since I bought it over a year ago. Only time it shuts down is to restart after a major (or poorly written) software update.
[dell.merlion.ru]

kibets

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nutcracker — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:34:07 EDT

Where is the choice "I don't own a computer" or "I never turn on my computer"? You guys should really speak to a wider range of people, not just people who use computers.

nutcracker

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Cliff_Dangers — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:33:12 EDT

Turn it off so hardware lasts longer? I've had computers stay on for 2-3 years except for the necessary reboot.. the thing was never off. I've never had a problem with any hardware.

Cliff_Dangers

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frigg — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:31:58 EDT

@glaeven: I agree. It depends on the computer. Not unlike Wendy Cheng, "the 5th most powerful woman in the blogosphere" [en.wikipedia.org] , some computers just like to be turned on ALL THE TIME!!!

frigg

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snitch29 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:11:51 EDT

My iMac power itself off at midnight & powers itself back on at 9 AM, it also goes to sleep mode during the day is it's idle for more than 20 minutes which is Nice also

snitch29

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

faslane — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:07:13 EDT

MacPro, on all day, monitor sleeps after 20 mins though, and It shuts down every night at 10 and boots up at 7:30 unless downloading something, then I just put the mouse in the hot corner to block the shutdown, and just turn the monitor off manually.

Faslane

faslane

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

mr.dandy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:59:04 EDT

Since I work from home, I rarely do full shutdowns (only when I'm going to be out for the whole day) but I put them into standby quite often. That stops the fans and I'm pretty sure the drives as well (right?) but eliminates the reboot when you start up again. Very handy.

mr.dandy

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

CutePuppyz — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:56:37 EDT

I shut it down every night when I goto sleep.

I still have a fear that the laptop might catch on fire at night when I'm sleeping. You never can be too safe...

After hearing about that iPod nano that just suddenly caught fire at night, I've smartened up.

CutePuppyz

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

SDreamer — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:55:35 EDT

Turn it off. Computers can use a lot of electricity :P Makes the electric bill heavier, especially with all them other appliances on. Always good to save some cash when you can, to buy more little gadgets, or maybe big gadgets. All adds up in the end for myself.

SDreamer

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

CowHunter — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:54:02 EDT

I just built a low power media center PC to act as a server and player for my anime collection, haven't yet put a tuner card in it. It idles around 57watts but I still have it programmed to turn on (bios setting) as I am driving home from work and shut off about 30 minutes after bed time so its only on for the 4 hours a day I could get any use out of it. My laptop either gets left on or put in sleep mode, and rarely turned off.

CowHunter

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sharmanova — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:51:05 EDT

@Canoehead:

(typo...) A hot dog, as it were.

sharmanova

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sharmanova — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:49:02 EDT

@Canoehead:

A hot dog, as it where.

sharmanova

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Cinloykko — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:43:40 EDT

@Rev. Eaton Yorke Hunt: thats not true, even if all our usual websites are changed to be dark colored (instead of white) we're still using the same amount of pixels which equals the same amount of energy.

anyways, i dont turn off but i DO hibernate when im sleeping :]

Cinloykko

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Canoehead — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:42:46 EDT

In the winter 24/7 but in summer I try to turn off when not around, otherwise it ends up being a deathmatch between the computer(s) and the air conditioning, and I have to pay both fighters. And yes, I have to leave the a/c on during the day unless I want to return to cooked dog.

Canoehead

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Rususeruru — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:33:34 EDT

I'm anal about turning things off, the only things I leave constantly running are the cable modem and the wireless router (like 12w a piece or something so it's minimal). On a side not part of why I hate the local cable company's DVRs is its impossible to shut the thing off. *curses under breath*

Rususeruru

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shenanigans — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:29:09 EDT

Since it was built(5 years ago) never been off except for a power outage. Now that you mention it, I think I might have forgotten to install the off switch.

shenanigans

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

kOtic — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:28:29 EDT

Melenor: "I don't even remember the last time I turned my computer off...."

kOtic

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Mandatory_Field — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:28:22 EDT

I do a mix: I have one desktop at work and one at home that are always on. That way I can jump on immediately on arrival, which is often necessary. Laptops get shut down and put away when not in active use; and other desktops get shut down when not in active use as well.

Mandatory_Field

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Narfmaster — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:25:03 EDT

My uh, downloading one stays on 24/7. MacBook Pro... not so much. I let it rest from a hard day photoshopping.

Narfmaster

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Heman — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:24:18 EDT

Ever since I leave my comp on with power saving feature, I don't have any problem with boot up time at all.

Heman

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Melenor — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:22:37 EDT

I don't even remember the last time I turned my computer off....

Melenor

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Mike918 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:22:17 EDT

What? can it be turned off??!...nonsense!

Mike918

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doxx — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:20:19 EDT

real geeks have a dedicated 2nd machine for slave tasks like file serving & downloading... my baby gets turned off at night, at least most of the time. the powerbook mainly sleeps zzzZZZZzz

doxx

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apeguero — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:15:26 EDT

I have a MacPro and it stays on all the time.

apeguero

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

AJ_Syrinx — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:14:26 EDT

Real geeks don't turn their computers off.

AJ_Syrinx

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

red — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:12:59 EDT

turned on in the evening after work and dinner when i sit down at it, turned off at night. even the thought of it running without doing anything feels wasteful to me.

i also turn off heating and lights in rooms im not in. if i run out of hot water during the day i dont switch the boiler on. etc.

its just good practice. i would demonstrate horror at the number of uneconomic planetkillers here, but it is a tech site for dorks whod lose a leg before losing uptime even if their work project doesnt depend on it or they arent downloading porn (we know thats what you download, lets not play games). i suspect energy bills are encouragement enough to switch off for your average bozo. if they arent right now, they will be soon enough.

red

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flynboarder07 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:11:43 EDT

Hibernate yo!

flynboarder07

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Den-O — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:11:35 EDT

Why leave it on 24/7 when you are sleeping? If you have a reason to leave it on (i gotta d/l mai pr0nz lulz) then I think it's fine, but WHY leave it on when you have absolutely nothing to do? Does the turning on/off computer really take that long?

The energy adds up, I'm no green peace shit but all those energy do add up, turn your computer off when you have nothing to do with it at night you sogs.

Den-O

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bitgod — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:09:19 EDT

I turn mine off at night, basically if I know I'm going to be away from the computer for oh...say 6 hours minimum, I'll turn it off.

bitgod

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Haavio — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:07:57 EDT

Essentially the laptop goes off at nights, unless I have it defraging, encoding, etc. I have it set to hibernate when the process is complete.

On a side note at night I do keep my lights on, have music playing on the stereo, Scrubs season 2 on the big screen, and have a fan faced my direction standing in front of an open refrigerator door to keep me and my computer cool. I also keep a portable heater on temp alert in case it gets too cold to warm the room back up. Precautionary measure...

Haavio

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ZomBuster — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:05:41 EDT

Sleep mode when sleeping or away. Never really turn it off, just a restart sometimes.

ZomBuster

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linoth — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:03:51 EDT

Desktop on in the morning to check comics and news and the like. Laptop and desktop on when I get home at night, turned off so that I can sleep. I've always been part of the shut-down crowd, but my video card's fan is ear shattering and I doubt I could sleep with it on.

That being said, it's probably pointless of me to do so with a mid-range UPS plugged in and constantly recharging its' battery...

linoth

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kylo4 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:01:24 EDT

I've been wondering how good it is for the computer to leave it on all the time. Would it not wear it out faster?

I never used to do this but due to very large files the Macbook can be on for upwards of 22 hours at times. Mind you the screen shuts off after twenty minutes and remains that way until I click a button, so there must be some power saving involved there.

kylo4

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Rodime — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:01:00 EDT

@wooties: ... of course, statistically, if EVERYONE turned their stuff off, that little bit adds up....

Rodime

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

cduran02 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:58:40 EDT

I have laptops I always shut them down when not in use, I also have my cable modem/router/printer/NAS all on timers so they are off when I know there's no possibility Ill be needing them (like when Im at work or sleeping).

cduran02

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

scaught — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:58:32 EDT

up 20 days, 2:09, 2 users, load averages: 0.40 0.39 0.26

scaught

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Interl0per — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:58:06 EDT

I have all but my OS drive set to turn off after 20 minutes, otherwise my "off hours" are filled with overnight downloading etc much of the time. Ive found if you want to conserve power make sure you turn your monitors and lights off.

Overall I dont think PCs use much juice when idle anyway unless you run something with several hdds.

Interl0per

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Gofastmazda — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:58:01 EDT

There's no reason to have systems on 24/7 unless you're running a server that needs that kind of uptime. The reason people typically leave them on all the time is they are too impatient to wait the 30-60 seconds for their systems to start up.

Gofastmazda

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Silent_Shark — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:57:09 EDT

I have to leave my PC on all night for torrents (my ISP uses peak and off-peak periods with download limits). I do turn the monitor and speakers off though...

And during the day, if I'm going away from the PC for any length of time, I put it to sleep. The Vista sleep mode is great.

Silent_Shark

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

officeboy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:57:08 EDT

@bandit: I got one of those Kill-a-watt things and the computers in my house were anywhere from $7-11 a month. (about 2.5-3.5 kwh per day)

officeboy

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berribrand — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:57:06 EDT

Obviously, it's not only the poor who do things contrary to their economic self-interests.

berribrand

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Silver_Back — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:57:05 EDT

I always put it to sleep when I'm at home but I'll turn it off when I'm out of the house.

Silver_Back

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Sam_Zebian — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:56:37 EDT

I use mine as a DVR (windows media center), so I keep it on for my tv shows... I will be getting a media center machine for that purpose and as a media server sitting in my closet, makes it easier for me to sleep (no loud pc fans blaring near my bed) and it will use less power (the MCE machine will be a low powered machine)

Sam_Zebian

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

gforce — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:56:30 EDT

@pliSkiNAKE: haha, you beat me to the spot.

gforce

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Discofunk — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:56:00 EDT

- Computer At Work: Goes to Sleep
- 3 computers at home: Go to sleep
- D-Link NAS stays on 24/7 so I can stream from / download to it.

Discofunk

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gforce — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:55:05 EDT

@Rev. Eaton Yorke Hunt: I remember reading somewhere that that only applies to CRT monitors.

gforce

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brtbs — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:55:01 EDT

I put mine into hibernate when I leave it during the day (makes for a very quick start-up), or it will go into a low-power mode if it idles. I do a full shutdown at night.

brtbs

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

pliSkiNAKE — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:54:34 EDT

@Rev. Eaton Yorke Hunt: I believe that only saves power with CRT monitors. www.blackle.com was a cool concept but once I found out it only really helped with CRT monitors, I stopped using it.

pliSkiNAKE

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Elvisisdead — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:54:01 EDT

They're on 24/7. I can't remote in if they're not on.

Essentially, I don't keep any personal data at work. Ever. I need to remote home every now and then to get things that I need.

Elvisisdead

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Mowogg — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:53:30 EDT

Turn off at night, and on days when nobody is going to be home all day. All other days it's one from 6A-11P. When not in use it goes to sleep after 30 minutes. Sometimes I leave it on all night when it's rendering or something, but mostly it gets a break just like the rest of us. The wifi and network printers are up all the time.

Mowogg

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Blue Oyster Cultist — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:52:46 EDT

I never use to, but my current gaming rig has an 800 watt power supply which even in low consumption mode is a lot of drain. I"d rather not pay for the power when I'm not using it.

Blue Oyster Cultist

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Ryanraven — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:52:06 EDT

My laptop has been up for 12days now. Basically since the last required restart. I will put it to sleep but it's still on.

Ryanraven

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

gforce — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:51:51 EDT

@Eothein: so you never watch TV or play video games?

gforce

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

illiniguy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:49:41 EDT

my laptop is on pretty much 24/7, I only shut if off occasionally, but the second monitor I'm using with it is usually off unless I'm on it... my mythserver/torrent box is on all day everyday, and the xbox I use as a frontend normally doesn't get shut off either. One of my roomates is pretty much an idiot, so unfortunately the tv and receiver often get left on most of the day too when I'm not around to shut them off for him.

illiniguy

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

thetwe — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:47:28 EDT

I turn mine off when ever I go out or at night, not because I think about saving the environment but because I fear it will catch fire and burn everything to the ground.

Ah irrational fears.....

thetwe

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

monkeybars — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:45:48 EDT

@Biggy: 30 minutes, wow. Mine's set to 1. It takes a split second to go back on.

monkeybars

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

misterwight — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:42:03 EDT

Earthwatts, baby.

But come on, is it really that hard to turn it off at night, assuming you're not actually doing anything with it? Do you leave lights on at night too?

misterwight

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Rev. Eaton Yorke Hunt — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:39:59 EDT

Y'know, changing all the white space on this page to a darker color would save lots of energy. Just a thought.

Rev. Eaton Yorke Hunt

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

whiteoak — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:39:08 EDT

I have everything plugged into power bars (why pay for phantom power?) which I shut down at night and while I'm at work. But my notebook is on as long as I'm at home and awake.

whiteoak

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

MrBlahBlah — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:32:43 EDT

wow, thanks for killing the enviornment guys.

end guilt trip. (learned from girlfriend)

MrBlahBlah

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

TendoMentis — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:31:39 EDT

Both my main computer and server go into "low power" mode (screens shut off, hard drives spin down, etc) during the day unless called upon.

I worry about the energy usage, but my machines are my only reason to live :(

TendoMentis

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

ripfire — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:29:14 EDT

@bandit: When I decided to use my computer to run Folding continuously, I noticed my electric bill went up to almost $40/month on average.

ripfire

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

twreckx — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:29:14 EDT

Notebook/Laptop that's on 24/7 for torr...errr stuff.

twreckx

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:28:29 EDT

I schedule my computer to turn about an hour before I get home with my Mail app automatically starting up. It's also scheduled to turn off in the morning.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

glaeven — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:28:23 EDT

it depends on the computer. my linux box is only on when i'm near it. my main windows box is always on. and the laptop (running ubuntu) is rarely on because it always has to be plugged in.

glaeven

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

marc_wtih_a_c — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:26:09 EDT

Is it wrong that I bought a little fan for my girlfriends house so that it sounds like a case fan is on and I can sleep?

marc_wtih_a_c

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

JayD16 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:25:32 EDT

I keep it on but I make sure to turn the monitor off.

JayD16

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

bandit — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:20:56 EDT

Can anyone take an educated guess at how many watts are being consumed by a desktop, monitor (in standby), wireless router and cable modem? I'd be curious if turning off at night is a $1/month proposition or a $20/month proposition. I bet it's closer to $20. Those things suck more power than you might think.

bandit

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

websyndicate — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:19:16 EDT

I try to think green but when im bit torrenting my favorite Linux distro its hard to shutdown. ;)

websyndicate

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

CarbonatedWater — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:17:08 EDT

I usually turn it off at night. I don't have any reason to leave it on usually.

CarbonatedWater

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Doerrfan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:15:46 EDT

Off at night, unless big downloads are underway.
Server is running 24/7.

Doerrfan

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Cordfucious — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:15:27 EDT

Im on the sleep bandwagon. since vista sp1 its become more bearable

Cordfucious

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

master_of_fm — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:14:04 EDT

file/print/remote access server - 24/7/365
htpc - sleep mode when not in use
gaming rig - off when not using it.

master_of_fm

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Sheemo44 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:13:58 EDT

i know not the meaning of this power button u speak of

Sheemo44

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

nojo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:13:34 EDT

@Mekevorka: Sleep is for sissies. Besides, the cable modem and wifi run 24/7 anyway...

nojo

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

92BuickLeSabre — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:12:15 EDT

I don't turn it off, personally. Whatever it chooses to do when I'm not around, however, is completely up to it.

92BuickLeSabre

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

wooties — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:11:45 EDT

I never turn any of my computers off manually. My MCE box and desktop go to sleep after inactivity and my server is on 24/7.

Statistically, the power they consume is practically null compared to much larger problems and waste in the power industry.

wooties

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Eothein — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:10:50 EDT

Yeah I own a laptop and never turn it off. Then again I don't own a car and I recycle most things so I hardly think I'm destorying thr world either. Plus I only use one thing at a time, i.e. I don't have my laptop/tv/games console on at the same time.

Eothein

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

ripfire — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:10:25 EDT

I see the picture, and the song by Snap pops in my head.

ripfire

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

imolaragazzo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:09:31 EDT

i leave mine on all the time, but i always have seti@home or something running when i'm not using it, so it's still doing something productive

imolaragazzo

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Biggy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:09:23 EDT

It is on all day, all week and all year long. Sometimes to render out videos or download torrents or for Vista to defragment my disks and check for updates then continue indexing my 2.5 TB of Data, or just keep it on for the hick of it! :)

But the monitor is on auto sleep after 30 minutes.

Biggy

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Mekevorka — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:09:22 EDT

How about a "put it to sleep" option. Geez guys...

Mekevorka

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

Costermonger — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:09:04 EDT

easier and quicker to turn off the lights.

Costermonger

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

chaismus — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:08:57 EDT

Uptime baby!!

chaismus

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

ravedown — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:07:59 EDT

turn off? ...describe for me this concept "turn off"

ravedown

Question of the Day: Leave Your Computer On Or Turn It Off?

ripfire — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:07:46 EDT

Leave it on when I'm downloading some... files. Yeeaahhh...

ripfire