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Thread ID: 76006 2007-01-17 10:18:00 Do you turn your computer off? kingping (11473) Press F1
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516898 2007-01-18 07:23:00 When I go to bed so does my comp. cadifan (286)
516899 2007-01-18 07:28:00 I never switch off my computer. At night it is either burning a dvd, doing a virus scan, or a defrag! mustang14a (11787)
516900 2007-01-18 07:37:00 I have always left my computer on most of the time, I only turnt it off to reboot it after an install.

However I was reading on another forum a while ago about this same topic and somebody posted a link to a website from Seagate I think it was, and on their website it said that PATA IDE Harddrives should only run for a maximum of 9 hours a day. Or eles you will shorten their lifespan. Servers, and I think Serial ATA drives are made to run 24/7.
radium (8645)
516901 2007-01-18 07:39:00 um..one off at night, one always on

i have to say..once you get use to having a computer always on..you can't wait for bootup any more
the one always on is running linux..i don't really think xp can be on too long anyway
when that linux machine was still running xp
it pretty much died at around 2 weeks without restarting
luckily linux don't have the problem

and having one always on means i can still have a computer to use when i wait for the other to bootup :D
heni72847 (1166)
516902 2007-01-18 08:17:00 the one always on is running linux..i don't really think xp can be on too long anyway
when that linux machine was still running xp
it pretty much died at around 2 weeks without restarting
luckily linux don't have the problem

Linux and Mac OS are both designed for constant running 24/7. Aside from worrying about paying the power bill there is no need to turn either system off either in the home or at work.
winmacguy (3367)
516903 2007-01-18 08:26:00 $200 a bucks a year to avoid booting up my main rig and typing in my name?, Damn thats some good spending. Worth every penny.

If your PC is so crappy it runs poorly without a "clean boot" every morning then you seriously need to get a life.

And Apple Boy, If you only made a post on subjects you actually had any comprehension of........You would be at 1 post a week instead of the 30 a day your peaking at.
Metla (12)
516904 2007-01-18 08:32:00 Would you like a tissue Metla? winmacguy (3367)
516905 2007-01-18 08:37:00 BOOM....HEADSHOT111 Metla (12)
516906 2007-01-18 08:46:00 I send mine to sleep at night or if going out for a few hours, otherwise on. Otherwise powe button would expire every time somebody wanted to use it plod (107)
516907 2007-01-18 09:03:00 $200 a bucks a year to avoid booting up my main rig and typing in my name?, Damn thats some good spending. Worth every penny.

And Apple Boy, If you only made a post on subjects you actually had any comprehension of........You would be at 1 post a week instead of the 30 a day your peaking at. Ha ha nice one :thumbs:

I have to say... I agree there... I am also getting annoyed with that and always with the macs it is really pissing me off... every post has apple, linux, mac etc in it :groan:

Ha ha, also agree with your BOOM....HEADSHOT111 comment :thumbs: :D

Mine stays on if I am downloading or I can't be bothered reading or saving all the webpages I have open, or if the rig is actually doing something meaning full... but I have got and old Compaq as my server and that stays on 24/7...
The_End_Of_Reality (334)
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