Shutdown 4 me.

Usually shut down.

Neither. I never turn my computer off. :p

For my desktop it's sleep. Since it takes ages to turn back on.
For my laptop it's off.

Oh. You're talking about computers! Okay then, that clears that up. In that case, I always shut my computer down.

Usually neither.

 
Neither. My computer is on all the time.

When I'm done on the computer, I usually just get up and walk away. Since my computer has a sleep mode, that would make me a member of the first group.

The computers are awake when i am awake and sleeps when i sleep.

my laptop goes to sleep after 45 minutes.  Only time I turn it off, is if I'm going to be gone for more than a day which isn't very often.

I shut down my comp, it only takes about 10 secs to boot into windows anyway.

" I shut down my comp, it only takes about 10 secs to boot into windows anyway. "

Shutdown, always.  Never sleep.

My computer is retarted. Whenever I shut it off and turn it on, I have to disable and then enable the network adapter, because somehow it gets messed up. So sleep for me.

Turn off. Why waste the energy by leaving it on? It only takes 15 seconds to boot it back up anyway.

I never turn my computer off

I just let it run.. my screen eventually goes into the screensaver.. but I've turned that sleep shit off.

Kind of a mix, really. If I'm going to school, I'll shut it off, but if I'm going to sleep, then I just put it to sleep.

sleep for when I leave it during the day but know I'm coming back. Shutdown for overnight when I too am sleeping

I always shutdown all mine, afraid they'll overheat on me if I don't.

XP I used to shutdown.
 
With vista, and no i don't wanna give it any praise, I just let it sleep. It actually reduces wear and tear on your equipment and is much better for the machine in the long run.  (not to mention you have zero boot times).
 
And to the many people saying they can boot Vista / XP in 10 - 15 seconds, LOL what a bunch of liars... Is there a need to exaggerate? No. Boot time for vista or XP is at least 45 seconds, but probably 2 -3 minutes. Yes, you HAVE to count the delayed startup programs, and it doesnt count at the "login screen".
 
boot time = time OS needs before you can launch a game.

shutdown, this old piece of crap needs its sleep

" Turn off. Why waste the energy by leaving it on? It only takes 15 seconds to boot it back up anyway. "

I'd use sleep if bittorrent ran during sleep. But it doesn't, so I just shutdown.

Depends for me.
 
I dont wanna elaborate.

shutdown unless if I know it will be couple hours before I need it again but if I am just going to eat I leave it on.

I lock my computer.
 
Only shut down when necessary.

Shutdown. It's the catharsis I need.

I usually keep it going, but if I go somewhere like on vacation I'll shut it down.

" Neither. I never turn my computer off. :p "

Shutdown when I go to bed.

Always shutdown.

 Shutdown. My PC's in my room and I wouldn't be able to sleep with it whirring and its blue power button light.

Shut-downer

I shut down my computer at night. It is usually on sleep during the day though. So, a mix of both.

I pay for my own power so I shut down like any reasonable person who pays their own bills would. Then I unplug it.

Shut Down-er.

I've been told Sleep can make things run much slower when you then wake it back up (I use Vista btw) so I've stopped doing that now and anecdotally games seem to cause less problems than they did before.

neither my computer runs 24/7 most of the time, reboot maybe weekly at most. May shutdown sometime this week to let my Artic Silver 5 settle before my OC this weekend.

Netbook goes to S3 Sleep.  Desktop gets shutdown because it would wake up from S3 and the mouse and KB wouldnt work and I didnt want to spend hours/days figuring out how to fix it.

I shut it down, no reason to waste the electricity, make it suck through more dust, or wear down more motors.  It turns on fast anyways.

i cant shut it down or send it to sleep otherwise it'll never recover

Sleeper....but after my last electricity bill I'm gonna start shutting it down.