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[rapid32.5]

Sleep, on the laptop. I like being online in 3 secs. Restart for updates, haven't shut it down yet.

 

[MetatronM]

I normally leave my desktop on at all times. The past week or two, though, I've been shutting it down at night. Xenoblade on Dolphin seems to like this more and gives me fewer sound glitches. Once I'm done with that it'll be back to normal.

When I'm regularly using my laptop (which hasn't been very often of late), it goes to sleep. Otherwise it's shut down when it's not in use.

 

[RumblingRosco]

I will never understand why anyone leaves their computer on 24/7 unless they're running it as a server of some sort. I barely even can understand leaving it in sleep. Just hibernate and/or shutdown and enjoy the fact that you're wasting less energy, less money, and losing only what, 30 seconds of time a day? Or, use it as an excuse to get a SSD and lose ~10 seconds a day.

Anyway, my laptop is left in sleep if I'm going to be back to using it within 30 minutes, otherwise I shut it down or occasionally hibernate. My desktop is 100% shut down unless I'm sitting there using it or coming back within 15 minutes of leaving it.

 

[Jex]

I shutdown my PC when it's not in use. I don't see any need to leave it on, except to rack up a large electricity bill.

 

[DJ_Lae]

Sleep. I have so much stuff on my computer that it takes a few minutes before it's completely usable on boot, and sleep mode uses such a small amount of power that it's basically like shutting it off.

I like being able to tap a key and have my computer back in a couple of seconds.

 

[1-D_FTW]

I will never understand why anyone leaves their computer on 24/7 unless they're running it as a server of some sort. I barely even can understand leaving it in sleep. Just hibernate and/or shutdown and enjoy the fact that you're wasting less energy, less money, and losing only what, 30 seconds of time a day? Or, use it as an excuse to get a SSD and lose ~10 seconds a day.

Anyway, my laptop is left in sleep if I'm going to be back to using it within 30 minutes, otherwise I shut it down or occasionally hibernate. My desktop is 100% shut down unless I'm sitting there using it or coming back within 15 minutes of leaving it.

Buy a kill-a-watt device if it bothers you that much. The difference between shutdown and sleep is 2 watts (I've seen it at 1 watt on some). I've never checked hibernate, but hibernate is a PITA that sucks.

At 15 cents per kwatt, it's literally 21 cents a month more to leave it running 24/7 on sleep versus shutdown. And considering there are many hours when it's actively running and not wasting those 2 watts, it's considerably less than that in real world usage.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

I shut down my pc at night because otherwise a blue led flashes forever and lights up my whole apartment.

My ex used to complain about this. It was just a solid blue LED though.

 

[Erasus]

Sleep the desktop when I'm at home. Shut it down when I sleep/leave for a long period of time.

I do this too, no real need to hibernate when sleep draws the same power and starts up faster right?

I always shut down at night due to the fans/lights

 

[1-D_FTW]

My ex used to complain about this. It was just a solid blue LED though.

It's actually really easy to just pull that little wire too. Like 5 seconds to open the case, determine which one is running to the face of the case, and pull it from the motherboard pins. Problems solved.

Just make sure you pull the light pin and not the switch. Otherwise you'll have to push it back in and pull the correct one.

I do this too, no real need to hibernate when sleep draws the same power and starts up faster right?

I always shut down at night due to the fans/lights

Your fans don't actually run in sleep mode, do they? They shouldn't.

 

[ScOULaris]

I've have a laptop, so I'm all about the sleep/hibernate combo. I sleep my laptop whenever I'm not using it, and it automatically switches to hibernate if it's been asleep for a few hours.

 

[Whogie]

I sleep my desktop whenever I step away from it. It boots instantly. Laptop just sleeps when I close the lid.

 

[Paertan]

Main PC is on 24/7. Laptop I shut down completely.

 

[Septimius]

Thanks! I bet that's it.

edit: wait how to turn off in W7?

Hmm, I meant your network interface, I just remembered having to dig around for the W7 specifics.

Here's how you turn off Wake On LAN:
1. Go to Network and Sharing Center (write it in the start menu)
2. Click "Change adapter settings"
3. Right click the interface you use (LAN) and click Properties
4. Here click Configure
5. Go to the "Power Management"-tab
6. Disable the Wake on LAN options here. This seems to vary a bit between network interfaces. It might hide in Advanced as something something 'magic packet'.

 

[3N16MA]

Mac mini and monitor goes to sleep automatically after a certain amount of inactivity. Pretty much how it stays until I touch the mouse or keyboard. I turn off the monitor and just let the mini sleep.

 

[dejay]

I turn my PC off when I'm out of the house for more than an hour or so. I switch it on when I get home - open door, kick off shoes, turn on lights and PC.

 

[jett]

My PC sleeps at night.

 

[Stylo]

I was told that shutting down your computer is harmful. I don't believe it but it doesn't hurt to have confirmation.

 

[1-D_FTW]

I was told that shutting down your computer is harmful. I don't believe it but it doesn't hurt to have confirmation.

You, sir, are a wise man. Complete non-sense.

 

[Chuck (Old)]

Whatever happens when you close a MacBook Pro's lid. Sleep, I think.

 

[vermadas]

Set my and my wife's PC to sleep if idle for more than 45 min. Headless WHS stays up 24/7, but I built it to with parts that would consume minimal power. Our PCs wake themselves up every night to back up to the WHS.

 

[VALIS]

I will never understand why anyone leaves their computer on 24/7 unless they're running it as a server of some sort. I barely even can understand leaving it in sleep. Just hibernate and/or shutdown and enjoy the fact that you're wasting less energy, less money, and losing only what, 30 seconds of time a day?

I have a bunch of external drives connected that Windows needs to index every time I restart/power on, so it's more like 5 minutes start up time.

 

[teh_pwn]

I used to have my computer sleep, but now it has started freezing up when I wake it up. Sometimes for 15 or 30 seconds, sometimes it just locks up completely. Really ticking me off, and I have no idea what has caused it, except I shut off quite a few start-up applications/processes from occurring when I boot up. Not sure if it's related, but I'm about to quit being lazy and start digging for damn answers.

It's probably a device driver that is taking too long or depends on a binary that isn't loaded in correct order into memory causing an invalid memory address reference leading to a bluescreen/freeze.


Home PCs = shutdown, because power cost, heat in Texas.
Work PC = always on. Fucking wake on LAN never works when you need it to, and I'm not driving to work when I want to do something in the evening or on the weekend.

 

[Sober]

Used to do sleep, but the mobo I got mysteriously doesn't have a case fan connector on it, so my case fan is connected to the PSU and keeps spinning at whatever speed it feels like even on sleep. Shut Down shuts it the hell up so I can get sleep.

 

[DTJAAAAM]

Shutdown.

 

[TheSeks]

It's too bad IRC and IM services totally disconnect if you put the PC to sleep. Otherwise I'd do it.

 

[AntiTout]

Shutdown.

Shutdown.

 

[Peagles]

I'm a Hibernate person, but at night they all shut down and turn off at the wall because I hate lights being on in my room at night when I'm trying to sleep.

 

[CoilShot]

I use sleep almost always unless I have to restart