When Turning Off Your Computer

[MarizZz]

Turn it off before I go to sleep..
But as soon as I wake up, I'll turn it on again.

 

[Hibou]

I put it into stand-by. I can't wait the two minutes for it to reboot, as I'm on it verrrry often :lol:

 

[aliasfanjay]

Its good to turn it off sometimes, but I usually just put it in hibernation myself.

 

[xinli11]

My computer is never off. When I sleep, it's downloading.

 

[SkyGirl5]

definitely turn it off completly
my computer doesnt appreciate being left on for long periods of time - so i try to keep it happy haha ^_^

 

[mommy401]

I try to turn it off completely. Sometimes when I let it hibernate it freezes up on me or runs a lot slower.

 

[dexterR1]

I rarely turn mine off I would leave it on 24/7/365 connected to the net. The only time I ever restart is when it crashes (rare for win 2000) or if new updates need a restart or on loading new software. Other than that it lives on on :asleep:

 

[Dark Avenger]

I let mine go into hibernation.

 

[Kathy]

I rarely turn my computer off. :lol: The last time I did that, windows xp crashed on me. Oh, Ever since I got rid of AOL, my windows xp hasn’t crashed since then. onder: Maybe, that was the cause? I'm still not turrning it off. :lol: Less the power goes out.

 

[Bubbles]

my computer makes a whirring noise when it starts to go into hibernation :blink: so i just turn it off

 

[alias_luver]

I hardly ever even turn off my computer, but I do let it go into hibernation sometimes...

 

[Natalia]

Turn it off completely. But often I leave it running for long periods of time.

 

[cdd91]

I just turn it off all the way, save money! hahahaha! or does it cost money to make it hibernate?

 

[Hibou]

it costs electricity, but I personally don't think it takes enough to impact the bill a lot.

 

[Vesh]

I read a little article about this a while back. I'll try to find it again. The bottom line though? If you're not using it, turn it off. Your PC's power supply sucks up quite a bit of juice while you're not lookin'.

 

[<Shotgun>]

I just turn it off when not using it

 

[Osiris]

i always turn it off completely

 

[church of mammals]

I turn it off.

 

[MasterC]

I turn mine off unless im downloading large BitTorrent files, hibernating/standby is more for a short break say like your on your computer but need to run a errand or such, so you would leave it in its suspended mode until you return, dont leave it on hibernating for to long it can effect your RAM.

 

[Vesh]

Dont worry about that, it's just a myth. Neither suspend-to-ram (standby) nor suspend-to-disk (hibernate) can harm your ram or any other hardware for that matter.

Now, if you had a bargain-bin mobo with a no-name bios and an old ailing off-brand powersupply then maybe something could happen... but no more than during normal operation. =P