How long has your computer been on?
- Thread starter dexterq20
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like 4 min
i almost never turn my computer. right now its only been on like 3 days. but ill usually leave it on for a week or two
Since the last time I used Soundforge. so....i guess 6 days.
for some reason after 13 minutes of recording audio from my mixer it locks my puter up & then I have to do some ctrl-alt-del magic.
for some reason after 13 minutes of recording audio from my mixer it locks my puter up & then I have to do some ctrl-alt-del magic.
Over a week.
My work computer stays on pretty much all week and gets shut down on the weekends. SInce my home computer has all of it's power saving features disabled, it is off unless someone is using it.
hmmmmmmmm????????? the last powere outage
my computer only sleeps when i do, which is very little.
normally on from about 8am till about 4am, obviously i'm not at the computer all the time(seriously i'm not that sad and pathetic)
normally on from about 8am till about 4am, obviously i'm not at the computer all the time(seriously i'm not that sad and pathetic)
since i moved into my new place so about 3 months now. i never turn my computer off.
Only off if there is no electricity.
Never heard of UPS ?TheMontashu said:
I moved 3 months ago, and at the time, my linux router was up since 3 years. In fact, since i built it. You gotta love those old Pentium 1 unkillable boxes. My W2K home server was up since 14 months straight. My main desktop (Athlon XP) is running since 7 weeks (since last WinXP patch I applied).
Where are the Sun and other *nix guys to brag about their uptime?!
i never shutdown!
My understanding is that a lot of the wear on a computer comes from expansion and contraction due to heating and cooling, so it's actually better to leave it on than to turn it off and one. Maybe with things that have moving parts like the hdd's it might be better to have them turn off when not in use, but not the rest of it. I've got one computer that has basically been running for about four years now, with just an occasional restart, and it's just fine. Come to think of it, we had a lot more problems when it was being turned off every night. Not that that would count as any sort of scientific evidence, it's just an observation.
My main computer is a laptop with a non-functional battery, so it's rarely on for more than a week or so before I have to turn it off to move it. Right now it's been off for about three days because I've been too lazy to plug it in, but before that, it had been on for about a month.
My main computer is a laptop with a non-functional battery, so it's rarely on for more than a week or so before I have to turn it off to move it. Right now it's been off for about three days because I've been too lazy to plug it in, but before that, it had been on for about a month.
This is AMERICA, mister. Land of Consumerism. Land of wasted resources. You let me LEAVE my computer on for months, if I want. I'm FREE, baby.........chicodude01 said:it just wastes energy too
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yea i never shut it down. last time it was off for more than 5 seconds was because we were having our electrical panel updated and the house power was off. Other than that, its always on.
actually with mac OS X machines, its better to leave them on because they auto-run maintenance thingys in the middle of the night, and I assume the same is for PC's to some degree...
For that matter, I would not have even restarted it had I not updated the OS to 10.3.5... which forced me to restart. before that, it was probably about a month since even the last logout or restart...
actually with mac OS X machines, its better to leave them on because they auto-run maintenance thingys in the middle of the night, and I assume the same is for PC's to some degree...
For that matter, I would not have even restarted it had I not updated the OS to 10.3.5... which forced me to restart. before that, it was probably about a month since even the last logout or restart...
Well my work computer gets shut off every night. Company policy. Our home computer we probably shut off once a week. I'm guessing that one has been on for about two weeks straight now.
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I reboot frequently at home.
i reboot on monday at work.
i reboot on monday at work.
I have to reboot my G5 about once every 3 weeks.
My G4 gets a little sluggish after about 2 weeks though.
My G4 gets a little sluggish after about 2 weeks though.
Apparently you haven't been anywhere near California in the last 3 years.SkaredShtles said:This is AMERICA, mister. Land of Consumerism. Land of wasted resources. You let me LEAVE my computer on for months, if I want. I'm FREE, baby.........
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Rolling blackouts anyone?
OK - the blackout might cause a reboot. But that's IT. I'm still gonna leave my electricity-sucking computer on 24x7.dexterq20 said:Apparently you haven't been anywhere near California in the last 3 years.
Rolling blackouts anyone?
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Depends on the PC... At work my PC gets rebooted every night. But the PC's in the field (Meaning in the docs offices, exam rooms, etc.) rarely get turned off. I have seen them on for months without a reboot (which is pretty freaking good for a windoze based system). My home PC will stay on for weeks, my server gets rebooted only when it has an issue, and my GF's PC is always on cause she still doesn't remember to reboot. My laptop is only on when I use it.
Hmmm... Now that I think of it this thread is kinda lame.
Hmmm... Now that I think of it this thread is kinda lame.