Are you leaving your computer on?

@spidyan (133)
Philippines
April 12, 2009 10:02pm CST
How long you do you usually use your computer in a daily basis, do you leave it on when you go outside/ work or sleep? or you just turn it off and turn on again when you will use it.
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10 responses
@prinzcy (32322)
• Malaysia
13 Apr 09
I am leaving my computer on while I am still awake and around and need to use it. I have to turn it off if I am not around because sometimes blackout may occurs. Eventhough I am using UPS, there are limit for the power and it may shut down my computer (which is good for PC health)
@prinzcy (32322)
• Malaysia
13 Apr 09
sorry, I meant to say not good for pc health (typo~~~)
• Malaysia
15 Apr 09
sometimes i do leave my computer on overnight. when i go out or if during the weekends even if i'm not home i'll just leave my computer on as i'm downloading stuff..i do not leave it on when i go to work though, will only switch it on when i come back home from work
• Philippines
13 Apr 09
yeah...most of the time i leave my computer on...i only off the monitor..it's not really electricity time consuming because it only charge less. so it is just okay..because if i do on and off i'm afraid it will cause damage to my computer..anyway i will just left it in 30 minutes with the sound of music..
• Romania
13 Apr 09
i use my computer about 10 hours a day :) and in the weekend, all day!
@gmkk1986 (471)
• India
13 Apr 09
My usage with computer is very high so I never prefer to shout down pc in most of the circumstances. The main factor I have online downloads and uploads. Some times for the sake of power saving I do just power off all the devices except the devices not required to run the pc. Like monitor, speakers and other peripherl devices will be in off state when I move outside or in sleep. there are so many software application allow to run/off the systems functionality automatically with conditions.
• China
13 Apr 09
When I use it ,I turn on it.otherwise I turn off it.
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
13 Apr 09
I'm not sure if it's good or bad for the computer but I tend to leave my laptop on for few days at a time...
@tuyakiki (3016)
• India
13 Apr 09
I don't switch on my computer without any reason. Its mainly because I would like to conserve electricity. Apart from it I am also scared of power cuts.After using it,I always prefer switching it off.
• United States
13 Apr 09
I turn it on when I wake up, and leave it on all day (I use it all day :P), but if I know I'm going to be away for at least half an hour, I'll put it on the sleep setting, so it won't be running. I figure at least it won't overheat if I let it sleep. If I'm leaving the house to go to the store or something, I'll shut it down. And when I go to sleep, I shut it down.
• United States
13 Apr 09
My computer stays on basically 24/7 unless I'm leaving to go home or gone for the weekend and then I'll turn it off. For me its a hassle waiting for it to load in the morning and I'm in such a rush to run out the door to get to class and there are things like email I have to check before going to class because of cancelations, extra notes to print out, etc. Also I'm constantly on my computer throughout the day so I don't see the point in turning it all the way off. I think I'm going on my computer to check something at least every few hours so again that hassle comes in.