Do you leave your PC on 24/7?

@Toms115 said:

nope. no point leaving it running if i'm asleep or not at home.

uhh, when you get home its instantly usable. Unless you have a solid state drive, i can see it as a big hassle constantly starting up your computer after an outing.

I usually put it in hibernation, it's like the best of both worlds. 

My laptop is always on. Hardcore. We're talkin' no sleep mode, and no screensaver.

In the olden times i did. Not anymore though, don't know why i would to be honest. The reason i did it back in the day was for downloads, mostly because internet speed was shit slow, and i guess my patience was very low back then.

But now with a 30Mbit connection compared to 56k, or even a 128kbs line, its not really necessary to leave anything on for over night.

It's off unless I'm using it. I find it odd that people leave them on all the time, you don't leave your car running on the drive just in case you need to go somewhere...

@SlasherMan said:

Yes, it doesn't really consume much power, so the effect on the electricity bill is minimal.

Every single bit counts, dude. Just multiply the number of people in the world who do this shit, as well as leaving the lights on and such and I think that number of pointlessly used electricity is huge. And you could also then go and count how much coal/uran etc is used DAILY, just becaus you don't care about "that little ammount" you are using up.

Just saying.

Nope. Neither do I leave the oven on 24/7 or my TV. In fact, I don't even run that shit on Standby power. Environmentally aware, yo!

@Quipido: @Quipido said:

@SlasherMan said:

Yes, it doesn't really consume much power, so the effect on the electricity bill is minimal.

Every single bit counts, dude. Just multiply the number of people in the world who do this shit, as well as leaving the lights on and such and I think that number of pointlessly used electricity is huge. And you could also then go and count how much coal/uran etc is used DAILY, just becaus you don't care about "that little ammount" you are using up.

Just saying.

This.

I just love all the Daves lol

No, I'm not crazy. D:

My laptop tends to overheat and go slow after awhile, so yeah I shut it off.

Piece of shit.

@BestUsernameEver said:

@Toms115 said:

nope. no point leaving it running if i'm asleep or not at home.

uhh, when you get home its instantly usable. Unless you have a solid state drive, i can see it as a big hassle constantly starting up your computer after an outing.

i should probably start leaving my shower running, too. it's kind of a hassle turning it on and waiting four seconds for it to heat up.

Hibernate's where it's at.

Sleep 24/7

@CaLe said:

@Quipido said:

@SlasherMan said:

Yes, it doesn't really consume much power, so the effect on the electricity bill is minimal.

Every single bit counts, dude. Just multiply the number of people in the world who do this shit, as well as leaving the lights on and such and I think that number of pointlessly used electricity is huge. And you could also then go and count how much coal/uran etc is used DAILY, just becaus you don't care about "that little ammount" you are using up.

Just saying.

You think you're making a single bit of difference when you turn off your computer? You're not. The only difference is to your bill, and that's all. The energy you use in your lifetime isn't even equal to the energy some Chinese factories go through in a few days. You'r re delusional if you think you are making a difference. That's not to say it's OK and everyone should do it, but there is no use in telling someone that their leaving a computer on 'adds up' cuz it's tilting at windmills.

Ah, ok - I forgot about the "there is someone worse so I can be bad and it doesn't matter" logic, my fault.

Yup, I never shut this thing off.

yea.. :/

I used to, but not anymore - it sorta seems like a waste of electricity. I turn mine off if I'm not gonna use it within an hour or so.

Pretty much yes

Wait, you guys completely turn it off? I just have it sleep after a while which takes hardly any power as far as I know. Turning it off always seemed the same as unplugging your TV so it doesn't leech power, yeah it saves power but not enough to be worth it. A few extra bucks a month is worth the hours that I would loose.

I turn it off when I go to sleep or go out for a while, it's usually on for most of the day though.

Turn it off when I'm done with it for the day, so, usually just before I go to bed. No point in wasting the power after all.

I usually leave it on during the night as I ususally watch videos and stuff before I go to sleep, I turn it off while I'm in school though

I usually leave it on, but if I know I won't be home for more than a day I'll turn it off.

Holy shit, so many people do that? Are you crazy? That's a fucking stupid waste of energy.

I leave it on pretty much all day (if im in), and turn it of when i go sleep/out the house.

No. It's a waste of electricity and probably not good for the thing to be running all the time. Even if it's only in sleep mode or something. Let your machines get some rest! Then they will take pity on us when they conquer the world!

Not -all- the time... just most of it.

Well I guess this poll explains this: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_usa_per_per-energy-usage-per-person

Not often. I usually turn it off whenever I leave the house or go to sleep, but if I'm too tired to even care I just leave it on.

If I'm downloading stuff then I will leave it on, but if I'm going to be away and don't have anything to download then I turn it off.

It would be pretty wasteful and totally pointless if I did.

I used to leave my PC on 24/7, but that was when I had hardwood floors. Now that I live in a place with carpet I turn it off at night simply so it isn't sucking up carpet dust as I sleep. I still have to dust it out on a regular basis, but those 8-10 hours of off time each night means I don't have to do it so often.
 
I do have dust filters on my intake fans, but the finer dust still gets through and besides the filters themselves have to get cleaned regularly.

It boots in under a minute so I really have no need to, plus it's right by my bed and I wouldn't be able to sleep with it on.

No, but my PC has a pretty fast boot time so it's not a big deal when I turn it off.

I leave one of them on but that's just a streaming box

Nowadays, since the cost of electricity is nonexistent (all expense paid temporary residence due to job), I'm just being irresponsible and leaving my computer on all day.

At home (i.e. if I'm paying for it), I definitely turn it off.

Sometimes...

I only turn it off if I'm going to be away from home for 12 or more hours (during the day) or if I'm going to be on vacation. Windows is set up to install updates, defrag hard drives, and run virus scans throughout the night anyway so leaving it on is useful. The power consumption is a little unfortunate (my main system burns about 200W at idle according to my UPS) but isn't much different from a few light bulbs.

I put it on sleep when I'm not using it and I turn it off for the night. At least letting it sleep is too easy not to do.

Leave it on, only time my PC goes off is either power outage or i need to install hardware/software.

There's no point in leaving it on when I'm asleep or not home unless I'm downloading something.

People who do leave it on all the time are... sub-human creatures.

You use more energy breaking inertia turning it on than you save by leaving it off. I only turn my computer off if I'm away from it for an extended period or if it's really hot in my room.

no