Comments on: Do you turn off your PC at night?

By: purot

purot — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:28:25 +0000

hmmm its kind a wierd cuz my desktop is 24/7 – OFF!! hehehe because its not working anymore, wahahahaha.

By: vern

vern — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:15:28 +0000

No, it stays on along with the other 10 systems I have in the house. The only ones that go off are laptops.

By: JP Loh

JP Loh — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:24:45 +0000

I always turn off our desktop computer when it’s not in use but sometimes I forget to. I never turn off my laptop (the adapter says 65watts).

I also have my old desktop with Linux that I use as a media server. It’s on 24/7.

By: vance

vance — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:43:07 +0000

Nope… Too many downloads, i don’t even turn my computer off if i’m out for hours; well I do sometimes especially if i’m out for 2 days or so.

By: Off, Standby or Hibernate at scrufus

Off, Standby or Hibernate at scrufus — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:42:34 +0000

[...] a discussion over at Yugatech asking if people turn off their computers at night. Personally, I’ve been using standby. [...]

By: Kid

Kid — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:20:25 +0000

The desktop that everybody uses is set to sleep when there’s no activity for 30 minutes, which seems to be working well for me in terms of electricity bills.

As for the laptop, I also put it on sleep mode when not in use. I try to restart it once a week and keep it off for more than 4 hours once a month.

By: karla

karla — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:32:58 +0000

i turn it off to save electricity

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:36:44 +0000

Our two desktop PC’s here are hot, so we keep them off unless we’re doing long downloads. (one Celeron D 320 – a Prescott aka Preshott, and one AMD Duron).

My laptop is a Pentium M which is supposed to be cool, but a lot of heat seems to escape, so I keep it off.

Now if I could migrate to Core2… I could probably keep the PC’s on longer.

By: leo

leo — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:32:51 +0000

yes, i turn it off everynight – to save electricity

By: GM Tristan

GM Tristan — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:00:01 +0000

OFF lang cya pag walang internet connection. Hehe

By: Kiven

Kiven — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:57:20 +0000

i used to do that with my work PC, longest streak was i think around 6 or so months,it was on for 24/7 (i believe it was cut short becuase of an extended blackout) altrhough i do shut down the lcd monitor.

why? 4Mbps pipe, baby. nuff said.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:54:04 +0000

I turn it off because of the heat. but still, this is a very interesting article

By: JC John SESE Cuneta

JC John SESE Cuneta — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:47:39 +0000

I turn-off my PC when not in use, I only leave it on when I’m downloading something. Maybe if I’m still into leeching and sharing countless of MP3s and Videos, I will leave it on almost 24/7, but I retired from that.

But I do leave my router and modem (both with wireless features) on 24/7. Turning if off 24 hrs randomly just to give it some rest.

By: Hamilton Chua

Hamilton Chua — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:21:03 +0000

I use to keep it on 24/7.

Until I decided to see how much I can save on electricity bills by hibernating it when I am done for the day and have it automatically boot up in the morning (http://hamisageek.blogspot.com/2007/03/one-way-to-save-on-electricity-bills.html)

Ironically, instead of going down our home electricity bill went up this month due to a large part on increased use of the electric fan and air conditioning.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:47:39 +0000

Either laptop or pc, I turn then off when not in use. It’s because of the heat. I’m afraid that could damage
the motherboard.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:24:23 +0000

I always turn off my computer at night but the whole day it is open.

By: Raul

Raul — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:46:14 +0000

Yes because of heat. As far as I know, heat can shorten the life span of processors.. and worst it can fry your motherboard. Not good for laptop because mobo costs around the same price as a brand new mid-range laptop (I think). It’s better to be safe.

By: Josh The Great

Josh The Great — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:00:56 +0000

I never really turn it off. It’s just too much hassle to turn it on again if I have to check something or send a quick email or something.

I just usually do a cold boot every now and then. > Turn it off for 2 mins.

By: AJ

AJ — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:46:25 +0000

I leave my notebook on all the time! Oh wow, thanks for this information. Will definitely help me save money on electric bills!

By: Onyo

Onyo — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:43:59 +0000

My pc is always on all the time, where the os take care of it in standby. From my experience from my job it is better to to be on or standby than to turn in off every time you you have to use it. I always recommend to my friends that it is better to do it that way than to turn it off, even your tvs and other consumer devices.

By: Pink Frog

Pink Frog — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:10:58 +0000

Newp. I leave them on because the tracker site I’m subscribed to will boot me off if my Bittorrent ratio goes down below .80. Seed seed seed.

By: juantanamera

juantanamera — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:40:02 +0000

Sometimes no, sometimes yes. I turn my desktop off for 2 reasons, the heat and the noise.

By: jhay

jhay — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:10:01 +0000

My pc is turned off when I go to sleep and goes back on after I wake up.

I only leave it on orvernight for a download to finish or a defrag to be completed.

Plus, i restart the pc every 4 hours, just to keep it fresh.

By: Limewire » Limewire April 6, 2007 12:38 pm

Limewire » Limewire April 6, 2007 12:38 pm — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:01:15 +0000

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By: MM del Rosario

MM del Rosario — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:12:54 +0000

I always turn off my computer’s monitor at night and even my TV, i don’t leave them on standby. I have read that switching appliances off at the power point will cut your electricity usage by up to 11 per cent.

By: Noemi

Noemi — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:01:30 +0000

When I used to have a desktop, I never shut it off unless we had a vacation that lasted more than 2 days. That PC lasted me 6 years.

By: Chino Yray

Chino Yray — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:33:33 +0000

I do turn it off. I have lots of stuff to download but I still turn it off when we go to sleep. But if it’s daylight and I’m just in school or work or any meeting…

it’s ON. the whole day.

By: Straight from Yuga's Mouth.. « Random. Blurbs. Finds. Whatever I Want.

Straight from Yuga's Mouth.. « Random. Blurbs. Finds. Whatever I Want. — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:50:03 +0000

[...] When Edil and I got married, we had serious issues with the PC. He didnt want it turned off everyday, he just switches off the monitor and we are done. I always tell him we are wasting big buckets of pesos consuming electricity and it turns out Im wrong. Read all about it here. [...]

By: Aggie

Aggie — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:36:37 +0000

We dont turn our PC off either, we usually shut it down once a week, and I had issues with this before with my husband because I thought we were eating so much electricity! It turns out I am wrong

By: Jeffrey Wong

Jeffrey Wong — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:29:12 +0000

I dont turn them off at night, but during the day. I’m a vampire webdesigner!