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I power down my desktop once a weekend and leave it off for about an hour. I then start it up again.
How about you?
How about you?
On the Windows boxes, A few times per day. I know I don't have to and I probably shouldn't but it's so hard to get out of the habit of shutting down vs. sleeping.
My Mac has been up for almost a month it sits there sleeping most of the time.
My Mac has been up for almost a month it sits there sleeping most of the time.
Never, unless I have to open them up for maintenance. Everything runs pretty much 24x7. I will restart on major OS upgrades, but not a power off thing.
My netbook's been running since I upgraded the RAM about a year and a half ago -- I put it to sleep a couple times during the major power outage to conserve the draw on my battery bank, but that's it
My netbook's been running since I upgraded the RAM about a year and a half ago -- I put it to sleep a couple times during the major power outage to conserve the draw on my battery bank, but that's it
When I get tired of viewing the same thing. Right now my desktop in all six computers has been the same for about 4 months.
My Mac auto sleeps everytime I leave it. I don't really restate it unless there is an update that requires it
As far as shutting it down I pretty much rarely do that. If at all. Im used to it always being on.
As far as shutting it down I pretty much rarely do that. If at all. Im used to it always being on.
DjDennis
RIP- My Dad (2011), Sister (2013) and Mum (2017)
all my 6x are on 24x/7
the servers
and media station
and soon another addition to be added
was just looking for a pic I had but its moved and I cant access it at present
i'll show it later on
the servers
and media station
and soon another addition to be added
was just looking for a pic I had but its moved and I cant access it at present
i'll show it later on
djsarge
Mac Daddy DJ
Several times a day and all night to try and conserve a little electrical power. I'd much rather leave it 24/7 though. If it were a laptop, I'd just put it to sleep like my wife does her's.
My mac is asleep for about 3 months I bet... it is in the basement, and I bet I forgot to turn it off... but it will be just fine when I wake it up..
Yup. The only time I reset the Mac is for updates or if I'm taking my desk apart. The reason I never turn it off is I don't have to, it stays asleep.
My Windows machines decide to wake themselves up from time to time. It's annoying. I cannot tell you how many times I've put it to sleep then come back an hour or so later and its' on at full power. Call me paranoid but I just don't trust what it's doing while it's supposed to be sleeping. :sqerr:
Cool! Dennis is gonna show us a pic of his power switch in the ON position... :sqerr:
DjDennis
RIP- My Dad (2011), Sister (2013) and Mum (2017)
actually its better to leave them on as you look at how much it takes in the extra on button to start a computer
it uses more power turning it on and off all the time
thats why mine are on 24/7
I say if you have no real reason to leave it on then turn it off at the end of the day. It will save on your electric bill, especially if you have a power supply with a high amount of wattage.
A PC with a 300 watt power supply and a monitor hooked up, 24x7 will suck a lot of juice out of a wall. It's like having a 300 watt bulb on all the time, plus the monitor can be like another 60 watt bulb if it's a CRT monitor.
If you don't care about the electricity bill, and you average a new computer every 3-4 years, my suggestion is to do what most IT departments do with non-essential servers: Leave it on, but make a practice of rebooting it once a week to clear out potential memory leaks and allow updates.
The point is if you have no real reason to leave it on, shut it down. If you need it to access it from anywhere at anytime then you need it on all the time an pay extra for the Electric bill.
A PC with a 300 watt power supply and a monitor hooked up, 24x7 will suck a lot of juice out of a wall. It's like having a 300 watt bulb on all the time, plus the monitor can be like another 60 watt bulb if it's a CRT monitor.
If you don't care about the electricity bill, and you average a new computer every 3-4 years, my suggestion is to do what most IT departments do with non-essential servers: Leave it on, but make a practice of rebooting it once a week to clear out potential memory leaks and allow updates.
The point is if you have no real reason to leave it on, shut it down. If you need it to access it from anywhere at anytime then you need it on all the time an pay extra for the Electric bill.
I say if you have no real reason to leave it on then turn it off at the end of the day. It will save on your electric bill, especially if you have a power supply with a high amount of wattage.
A PC with a 300 watt power supply and a monitor hooked up, 24x7 will suck a lot of juice out of a wall. It's like having a 300 watt bulb on all the time, plus the monitor can be like another 60 watt bulb if it's a CRT monitor.
If you don't care about the electricity bill, and you average a new computer every 3-4 years, my suggestion is to do what most IT departments do with non-essential servers: Leave it on, but make a practice of rebooting it once a week to clear out potential memory leaks and allow updates.
The point is if you have no real reason to leave it on, shut it down. If you need it to access it from anywhere at anytime then you need it on all the time an pay extra for the Electric bill.
Actually, the power supply rating is the theoretical max it can put out -- most never come close.
My UPS monitors it's output, and right now, my PC with a 550 watt power supply, 2 x 22" LCD monitors and a printer, are using 180 watts total. When they go to sleep, they use almost nothing.
But I also have a server that wakes each PC up and backs them up overnight, run virus scans, and the disk de-fragger runs in the background, so it will fire up at night as well for a bit. So all that stuff is handled when I'm not using it, then it goes back to sleep, to await its master come morning
My other UPS monitors the netbook, FIOS box, router, switch and phone. All total, less than 40 watts with the netbook awake, and less then 20 when it is asleep.
Get a Kill-A-Watt meter if you want to find out what is drawing lots of power -- they're only about $20, and worth their weight in gold! For example, my new fridge uses 110 watts when running, but my water cooler with just the cooler on, uses 100 watts, so I fill up bottles, and put them in the fridge. The hot water uses 560 watts! So, it's much cheaper to heat water in the microwave.
Hope everyone that leaves their pc's on perpetually are defragging on at least a semi-regular basis... 
I hear where you coming from Rick. You need to have your PCs on but the average user does not unless they really need to for some reason. I shut mine down when I am done at the end of the day unless I leave it processing a job. If I don't need it to be on, I shut it off. I have two Dells, Two Dell laptops and an Mac. One of my Dells have been with me for about 5 Years with no problem whatsoever. The other is about one year old so I expect it to last about the same. "Fingers Crossed"
Hope everyone that leaves their pc's on perpetually are defragging on at least a semi-regular basis...
Vista and Win 7 take care of defragging automatically when the computer's idle. Leave your computer with out it being set to sleep after X time. You'll come back to your HD spinning like a wild banshee - It's defragging.
Of course it goes without saying that it would be real nice if MS didn't use a file system that requires regular defragging. Mac and Linux figured this out long ago. Why MS hasn't puzzles me.
This thread made me realize how stupid turning my computer on and off several times per day is. I've started something new. The desktop gets turned on to the morning and is put to sleep whenever I'm going to be away for a while and is shut down at night when I'm done for the day.
The Mac stays up and sleeping until it needs a reboot for updates.
My laptop which is permanently attached to it's power cord due a worn battery stays asleep unless it needs rebooting for updates.
The Mac stays up and sleeping until it needs a reboot for updates.
My laptop which is permanently attached to it's power cord due a worn battery stays asleep unless it needs rebooting for updates.