| i try to keep it off if i'm not using it, especially since i just got this new laptop and all, i don't want to destroy the battery! |
| If you don't have any problem with destroying the battery it's ok but consider restarting it from time to time. Also after a week consider turining it off for good, like two or three hours, it's good for it's health. |
| I put mine in hibernate when I am away for more then 30 min. |
| Standby FTW. I made it so when I way press the power button it goes on standby. If on standby for 4 hours, it enters hibernation. I essentially do this instead of shutting down, and it doesn't bother me if I'm borderline asleep. ^^ |
DarChronicleNov 26, 2012 2:17 PM
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| I'm too bored to turn off power, so yeah I will keep it on all the time ^^ (It does hibernate itself, but not turn off) |
"A half moon, it has a dark half and a bright half, just like me…", Yuno Gasai |
| I always leave my laptop on since forever. |
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| Never turn my laptop nor my PC off. The only time i turned it off is when i won't be at home for a really long period of time. The longest i left my laptop on is about a year and my PC that i am using about 7 months and counting. |
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| I leave my laptop overnight for like 2 weeks and then restart my computer and then I leave my laptop for a few weeks again, then restart it again and etc. It's an endless cycle. |
| I haven't turned off my desktop in months - even then the only times I have in the past were for upgrades or dusting it out (or rarely needing to move it). |
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| Keepin' my computers on as much as I can in order to seed torrents. |
GuZDec 5, 2012 3:00 AM
| I only have a laptop which I always turn off. No point in leaving it on. |
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GuZ said: Keepin' my computers on as much as I can in order to seed torrents. You are a legend, never enough seeds... Desktop shuts down every night lappy stays on for about a week then I restart it |
| Hey, just came across this old post. A friend of mine told me that I shouldn't leave my laptop on, cause the battery can catch on fire. I used to leave it on, but my friend got me a little scared, so i don't do it anymore...  |
bassy64Mar 28, 2016 6:24 PM
| Never. I only use my pc for that. |
| I shut the laptop, that counts as turning it off right? kek. Sometimes my laptop will crash and turn itself off so that makes up for it I guess. |
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| No. My beloved laptop needs the best of treatment! |
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| Sometimes, when I'm torrenting or am too lazy/tired to turn it off. |
| Be thankful for the wisdom granted to you. |
| The "need" to cycle batteries depends on the battery's composition. This post explains it much better than I could: https://www.reddit.com/comments/1snzg1 |
 Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. |
| I have this paranoia that it might overheat and catch on fire, even though I live in Chicago |
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| Laptops and PC's are supposed to be shutdown or at least restarted once per day, because of the minor glitches or services that needs to be restarted for better functioning and overall performances. After all, every component has it's number of hours of lifetime, after you reach that number, they stop functioning well, or die out. |
| My laptop stays on for the whole day starting from noon. I shut it down at night before going to sleep. I kind of use it like its a human lol. |
 set by secret santa ; thank you! ily ♥️ |
| only when i'm torrenting something i really need i'd say once or twice a month |
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| If its in sleep mode ie screen down probably not but I would worry about over heating it, dunno about new laptops but my laptop I use to have burned to the touch if it was on for several hours. I leave my computer on overnight sometimes if I have downloads, otherwise no there is no point really, it come on in quickly. |
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| i just leave it in logg off mode andd close it The last time my laptop was shut down was around 2 week ago ^^ Anyway this remained me to learn the habit of shutting down ^^ |
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| I leave mine on, while a game is running in the background. I also play music through the voice chat while I'm sleeping on a Garry's Mod server called Cereal Box Cinema. |
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Zharonar said: I have my Laptop on Sleep Mode the whole Time except for when I need to restart it for Updates or to boot from another OS and I haven't experienced any Issues. But to be fair, I haven't started it for quite a While now...Laptops and PC's are supposed to be shutdown or at least restarted once per day, because of the minor glitches or services that needs to be restarted for better functioning and overall performances. The only Problems I've ever had were with Energy Saving Mode and Fast Boot (Windows 8+), which is why I disable them. |
Noboru said: Zharonar said: I have my Laptop on Sleep Mode the whole Time except for when I need to restart it for Updates or to boot from another OS and I haven't experienced any Issues. But to be fair, I haven't started it for quite a While now...Laptops and PC's are supposed to be shutdown or at least restarted once per day, because of the minor glitches or services that needs to be restarted for better functioning and overall performances. The only Problems I've ever had were with Energy Saving Mode and Fast Boot (Windows 8+), which is why I disable them. I'm not saying that it's going to block or something, but there is slightly difference not turning it off for a while or just going to sleep mode, I'm working in IT, and people are just too lazy to turn it off, and when they say my laptop or pc is not working, we just tell them to restart it, and mostly of the time, their stuff begin to work. And ofc you won't be able to see the difference if you have SSD or high end pc or laptop, but difference exists :p |
| @Zharonar: If you mean literally letting it on the whole Time, then it's something else. I don't do that except for when there is something that requires my Computer to stay on for the whole Night, for Example when I'm running Memtest86. I don't have a High-End PC and neither a Laptop, but I have SSDs on both. However, I don't want to test it out as I find leaving the PC on the whole Time wastes too much Energy and I don't want to destroy my Laptop's Battery by keeping it loading the whole Time. Also, I don't have any urgent Use of either that I can't wait until they wake up or boot up again :p |
| I turn off my win7 laptop after every use, its battery isn't powerful enough to leave on all the time. I also have a mac laptop and at least for these, you're supposed to leave them on sleep mode when not in use or else it drains the battery life more quickly if you shut off. |
| Pretty sure last time i turned my laptop off was ... lets see ... several months ago. |
| My laptop is pretty rudimentary so that would be a bad idea for me. |
| Never. My laptop is already messed up enough as it is. |
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| i don't usually because i always leave my laptop on charge, and i'm afraid of overheating. also, i don't want anyone going through my computer... (*・_・)ノ⌒* |
| *ponders* |
| I never do it as my laptop was purchase last year and i don't wanna mess up things so fast. |
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| Its like it has become a habit now |
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| I used to. The joy of downloading 50 gb of anime a night. |
| I leave mine on 24/7 as well. I don't see what the big deal is. I've never had any prob- |
| Nope. It's harmful because it affects your battery in the long run. Whenever I'm not using it, I just shut it off. Same goes with my other devices. Unless I'm downloading something and I'm required to leave it on overnight but I'd prefer not to. |
eturnity said: I used to. The joy of downloading 50 gb of anime a night. Why don't you just watch the anime online or buy it? I don't see the point of taking up so much valuable space when it isn't necessary. |
| I usually turn my tower off, unless I'm downloading something. Exhalant said: It looks and sounds better than a stream and it loads faster too (when skipping or going back). You can delete it when you're done if you're concerned about space. Downloading or streaming, you're using bandwidth either way.eturnity said: I used to. The joy of downloading 50 gb of anime a night. Why don't you just watch the anime online or buy it? I don't see the point of taking up so much valuable space when it isn't necessary. |
Ezekiel said: I usually turn my tower off, unless I'm downloading something. Exhalant said: It looks and sounds better than a stream and it loads faster too (when skipping or going back). You can delete it when you're done if you're concerned about space. Downloading or streaming, you're using bandwidth either way.Why don't you just watch the anime online or buy it? I don't see the point of taking up so much valuable space when it isn't necessary. I still don't find it necessary. I'd prefer streaming it for convenience but it's all based on personal preference. |
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