Do You Turn Off Your Computer When There's a Thunderstorm?  

Get a surge protector or something. If you just "turn off computer" its still technically connected. YOu might want to turn off the power supply and pull the cord just to be even more safe.

For the most part I do not shut down. I keep it up and running especially if i am in the middle of something. I do know that if the weather were to get to bad and this has happened before then I completely shut down the computer and unplug it from the outlet. I do know with my computer if something happens to it then at least for the next little while it is covered as long as it is not something self inflicted that I have done to it.

Hey there! We have AVR's and surge protectors for our computers at home. When the power goes out at home, I make sure to unplug everything so if ever anything bad happens, nothing gets wrecked.

When I'm using my notebook computer without the protection of a UPS, I will shut down my computer and unplug it from the wall. However, if I am connected to the UPS, I rarely give it a second thought as I have backups and a warranty against damage to my hardware.

I do sometimes. depends on how bad it's raining out and stuff..
how much thunder and lighting.. if its bad i do but if it not big i usually
will still on or it will be on..

Well, I don't turn off my computer if my stop contact not overheat. I even sudden with thunder touch my electricity and my computer just reseting. I though it can burn my computer, I guess my computer covered by 10000 kilowatt anti-lightning.

Where I live, we don't really get thunderstorms. If we did though, no, I don't shut it off, but maybe I should. I use my laptop more than the desktop. The laptop is plugged into an inside wall, so it safer than it if were plugged into an outside wall. My desktop however, is plugged into an outside wall, so I might have to unplug it should we ever get a thunderstorm. I eould hate to be in he middle of posting in here nd it would happen. That would really suck that is for sure lol. I do hae my ipod touch I can use so I am not out of anything if we get a severe thunderstorm. Well, take care and happy mylotting.

I do pull out the cable form the power socket when I turnoff my computer, specially during a thunderstorm. I think, as you have mentioned, it is the best idea to do that as it protect your computer it will stop it from being fried. Just imagine a lighing moving through the electric cables reaching your computer and burning your PC.

ya surely,i will turn off my computer because virtually the UPS will be still charged on your main connection when the current passes everything will be gone.
so i will not just turn off my CPU.

Actually no, never, neither my computer or anything else, my father had told me I should once but I didn't listen to him and it doesn't even come to my mind anymore...