Do You Shut Down Your Computer When You Leave It?

dang! i'm a tad jealous o'er the beautiful autumn color ya got to admire 'cross the road - lucky gal!! still waitin' here fer some'f that 'magic'. 's fer leavin' the puter on? it ought not 've any effect'n the battery outside 'f usage. fer myself? i ne'er leave the puter on when i aint handy. i'm paranoid 'bout folks hackin' in with the net bein' on. i figure its also hard'n the coolin' fan?? but'm uncertain 'f such. i didn't purchase a top'f the line laptop 'n the fan that came with this dell aint much fer coolin', so i've a coolin' pad attached with 2 fans to make sure it don't o'erheat. now, that drains the battery purty quick 's it relies'n such fer its power. i was most helpful, eh?

It is extremely rare for me to shut down the computer and never use Sleep either. In fact I have changed the power settings so that it will not Sleep after being left unused for a while. All I do is turn off the monitor and walk away. It was good practice to shut down maybe 15 to 20 years ago to avoid undue wear and tear, but perfectly safe to leave it nowadays. Leaving the laptop switched on and unplugged will drain the battery, but should not cause any harm. Of course all laptop batteries seem to lose power retention in time and do not last long when unplugged.

My laptop seems to just sleep, and then the cat can wake it up..

I leave it on all day, unless the weather is hot because this tower produces a lot of heat, and so does my ancient CRT. I leave it on even if I leave the house. I do shut it down at night unless the weather is very cold, because then it keeps the room warm without turning the heat on. But if you never shut it down, you don't let it have a chance to clear the memory and it can get very clogged. I have to reboot a couple of times a day simply because I am doing too many things at once and my computer just gets slow.

'n i fergot to say that if'n ya add a tag 'r 2 to this, those techy folks'll see it quicker 'n come to yer aid

No I just put it to SLEEP mode and it sleeps which is more than i ever do

Since I usee mine everyday, in one form or another, I never shut it down, as it just takes to long to get it up and going again when I want to use it. I just put the lid down, and I am good to go the next day.

Good questions @jabo but I turn off mine and remove the cable just in case, I'm not sure if it's bad or good but I've been invaded a couple times so I play is safe.

I'm not the best informed on these issues, but having had the same laptop for about 3 years now I can tell you that mine is always left plugged into the power. Apparently the lifespan of a laptop greatly depends on how often it is ran from the battery only. I also leave it up all of the time, I only close out our email account.

We shut ours down every night, but as we both use it often we just leave it running during the day. I guess we'd save a bit of power if we turned it off, but we both tend to use it often for a variety of things.

I tend to switch it on and leave it on unless it seems to be running a little hot. They tell me it runs hot because I have so many windows open at the same time and the poor little laptop is having a fit trying to keep up lol... I have got 12 tabs open at the moment and it is running cool enough for me not to be bothered. My menfolk tell me that it is good to let the battery run down so sometimes I don't connect it to the power source and let it run on battery.

I don't think it hurts your battery but I don't know, I have a mac. Mine goes to sleep when I leave it and pops open when I touch my mouse. Every once in a while it seem slow and troubled so I shut it down and make it reboot and all the glitches are gone.

I always shut mine down. It is a laptop and i am not sure if leaving it that way would affect

Oddly enough, I always sleep mine and my wife always shuts hers off. We've had these habits for thirty years, and have each gone through many computers but I cannot say that it has made any difference in terms of longevity or problems. So, I'd say do what you want

Depends if i'm only going away for to eat or do some chores i just let it sleep..if i go and do errands or go to sleep for the night , then i close it down to save electricity

I've been shutting it down or sometimes just leave it on and it automatically sleeps.

I always close when not in use. We have the load shedding here in which case the pc will use up the ups. There is also the fear of thunder and lightning which can eat up my pc.

I am conservative and thinks that if i live it switched on overnight , it will harm my netbook because anyway on weekdays , i don't do Mylot at home anymore . Same with my laptop at the office , we shut it down .

Nice colours in the photo.... as for the computer to sleep or not to sleep.... if i'm going to be away from the computer for more than twenty mins I shut it down, I DON'T think it does any harm to your battery whichever way you do it....

I put mine on sleep, though a friend of mine says it is safer to shut it down for the night. So I guess it is a personal choice. Maybe shut it down one night a week...