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Permalink Reply by Michael-Peter on March 9, 2008 at 8:17pm

I haven't turned my computer off since 1995--I'm actually running AOL 3.0 through this box. Other cool things I do: leave water running, refrigerator doors open, and I never tip waiters.

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Permalink Reply by Wardere on March 11, 2008 at 12:28am

I just leave it on sleep mode when I'm not home! I just like to have it on for online games, messages that can't be dealt with on the phone or just having it on for the fun of it.

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Permalink Reply by Grendel on March 11, 2008 at 8:30am

I always keep mine on. I think the only time I restart it is when I do an update. The reason?

Metal expands when it heats up and heats up when you send an electric current through it. When you shut it down, the current is removed, the metal cools and contracts. Similar to a sidewalk, after all that expansion and contraction, a sidewalk will eventually crack. Can you imagine what would happen to your computer if one of those metal circuit tracers cracked? Sure, it'd probably take a million times before it finally cracked, but why take the chance?

So, I leave mine on and just log off. Logging off resets the memory caches and when I log on again, it's like I turned it on for the first time.

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Permalink Reply by Jim on March 11, 2008 at 4:48pm

Does this really apply for modern computers?

This is the first time I've heard it, but it does make sense.

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Permalink Reply by Boshans on March 13, 2008 at 4:09am

Don't really think that's true. The only component that would die after being turned on and off so many times is the hard drive, and even that it would take a LOT of turning on and off.

Cases have fans in them for a reason, the components stay at a constant/almost constant temperature, and the metal used is Silicon, which can handle higher temperatures and would be less likely to break.

But hey, I'm pulling all of this out of my ass, so I could be wrong.

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Permalink Reply by Joshua on March 12, 2008 at 11:45am

I don't Know about PC's but macs have an option in the system settings that allows you to set times where it will automatically shut off and turn back on. That way you don't have to worry about it and its on when you need it to be!

I don't know I think thats a pretty cool function.. but of course wouldn't really work for those downloading torrents.

Check it out Mix's Eco Group
http://mix.epicfu.com/group/ecolosophy

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Permalink Reply by Markie on March 12, 2008 at 12:06pm

if you have a steady download you can program your computer to shutdown after a certain time, even if you have a pc just have to go to run then imput shutdown.exe -f -t -s**** (i can't recall the exact sequence but its something like the one i put, i have no doubt in less than 24hours someone will post the correction) (*=seconds till shutdown)

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Permalink Reply by Jim on March 12, 2008 at 11:28pm

Some bittorrent clients like uTorrent allow the option to sleep/hibernate/shutdown/restart once downloads are complete.

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Permalink Reply by Boshans on March 13, 2008 at 4:11am

I can't remember the last time I turned my computer off...I mostly just leave it on and turn the moniter off.

The longest time I've been on AIM has been about 32 days, and even then, I just lost internet connection for a second, didn't actually turn my computer off.

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Permalink Reply by LordMMX on March 13, 2008 at 4:27am

Computer can be turned off? :D

My longest uptime is 65 days, without any restart or hibernating or anything :)

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Permalink Reply by Jim on March 13, 2008 at 6:41pm

Don't you feel the effect in your electricity bill?

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Permalink Reply by LordMMX on March 13, 2008 at 6:43pm

Yes, but just a little bit ...

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