How long is your PC on?
By razor123
@razor123 (979)
India
August 28, 2008 10:11pm CST
How many hours a day approximately do you keep your PC on at home daily? Do you get scared at times that parts might get heated up too much and conk off? Or you're pretty cool with it?
I keep my PC on at least 18 - 20 hours i guess in a day. This is because i just love browsing the internet and also i download and upload a lot of stuff. So at nights too i leave my PC on to download and upload. The time when my PC is usually off for sometime is when i get up in the morning. I turn it off to rest for sometime. Also occasionally during the day time here and there maybe i switch it off.
I never feel scared that things might get overheated and conk off. but many of my friends do thats why asked you'll that question.
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7 responses
@hellcowboy (7374)
• United States
29 Aug 08
Here at my parents house we have my parents desktop and mine and my fiances laptop the desktop is always on unless we are having a storm or something because I do not think it does any harm to leave it on,the laptop is only left on for several hours at a time because it heats up quickly and we do not want it to get too hot and fry something inside of it.
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
29 Aug 08
We leave ours running all day and night. It is too much stress on the system to keep turning it on and off. While the PC is in "sleep" mode u energy sage is about as much energy as having it off and plugged in.
Usually peoples energy consumption comes from monitors.
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@instilledbee (50)
• Philippines
31 Aug 08
I've had this PC for a few months now. Besides the PSU there have been no problems. (I replaced it immediately)
Generally I'd be on the PC for anywhere from 6-12 hours. More if I'm downloading and uploading stuff. No problems such as overheating. Gladly, it remains stable.
@strossuss (125)
• Philippines
8 Sep 08
I keep my PC on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, I'm not even restarting my PC :)
@ginamania (45)
• United States
29 Aug 08
mine is on 23.75 hours out of the day. I like to restart my pc at least once a day, but other than that it is always on. I guess I just hate to wait for my computer to load whenever I want to use it.
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@MementoMori (237)
• Canada
29 Aug 08
I have a laptop, so I barely ever turn it off...I just close it so it's in hibernation or whatever it's called...Maybe I'm just a little lazy
