ok this has been bugging me. i've heard a bunch of different things... 1. leave your computer running all the time. 2. shut it down when you're not using it. 3. leave running most of the time, but restart sometimes... and so on. so what do you do?
leave it running all the time
leave it running most of the time, but restart sometimes
shut it down at night
shut it down when you're not using it
only shut it down when Windows crashes
other... (please post)
ok this has been bugging me. i've heard a bunch of different things... 1. leave your computer running all the time. 2. shut it down when you're not using it. 3. leave running most of the time, but restart sometimes... and so on. so what do you do?
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im not running a server...so i dont need it on all the time...i shut mine down at night.
i usually shut down every time i start up... however, i've invented [or reinvented] many keen ways of doing so by now... if you get my drift...
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From an electronics standpoint... and believe me... I know electronics, it is better to leave it on... but from a mechanical standpoint, it is your call.
Most premature electronic failure in direct current circuits is due to applying power and removing it over and over. (Notice I said direct current... some people believe that power supplies burn out faster when they are on all the time. I disagree with that, but it is possible. They don't take into account heat loss and gain. It wears out the p/s faster in my opinion.)
Although... the same doesn't go for mechanical devices... For example hard-drives. Friction causes a lot of damage over time. (hence why most power save features have an option to shut down drives)
I leave mine running... go to screensaver on the monitor, then power off monitor display later on. I leave my hard-drives going too, because I do not think that it is a big deal... I have backups of everything, more than one hard-drive and three operating systems on the same computer.
I think a lot of it is just personal preference because any glich in manufacturing can make your components break anyway and at any time.
Interesting topic...
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My machines are never idle. I normally shut down only when there is a threat of power outages, or, I need to connect to the net to get something and haven't the time, (like just about to walk out of the door).
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