Leave PC on or not?
 

OK, a quick poll...

Do you leave your PC on all the time or do you turn it off at night or when you're not using it?

And why?

Re: Leave PC on or not?
 

I never turn it off.

Re: Leave PC on or not?
 

What with the electricity meter I've got here, mine HAS to stay off when I don't need it!

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I would like to leave it onovernight downloading and suchlike, but I'm not allowed and I'm sure it would lead to a shorter lifespan for the pc.

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Oh, I leave mine on, so overnight I can run maintenance tasks etc, and I can share files over the lan :cool: and other people can use it.

Unless I'm not going to be around for a few days, or I'm fiddling with its insides...

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I turn mine off if not in use.

Re: Leave PC on or not?
 

mines always on less heating up cooling down which stresses parts more for one, plus its used alot during early hours for chatting and work :)

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I always leave mine on, heard somewhere it was better to

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I have a fileserver which is on all the time - the rest I only have on when I need them.

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I tend to leave it on during the day when I am in as I'm nearly always on it so it saves having to wait for it to start up every time. I switch it off when I am out or at night though unless I am downloading something. Since I've left Uni and started working it's been off most days instead of the 16+ hours it used to be on and I have noticed that the electricity bill is significantly reduced.

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Mine is on 24/7, no reason really other than its meant to be better for them rather than heating up and cooling down all the time.....

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Mine is on most of the day, but switched off at night.

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I leave mine on most of the time only switching off if I am not at home for more than a couple of days.

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8 out of 10 times I leave it on - Usually cos it's monitoring something on the net such as a domain name expiry or downloading.

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I always turn it off overnight and sometimes during the day when not using it. This is possibly due to my rampant paranoia.

PS And in the named of the blessÃÃâ€*’¨d Rod Hull, what is Emu in Other/abstain/Emu?