Do You Leave Your PC Running 24/7?

[Ivo]

As I use a notebook and not a desktop, I don't leave it on. They're not so good with heat dissipation, I think?

Ivo.

[risk]

my pc is on 24/7. mostly because im dl all the time or talking to my gf everyday on msn.

ps: laptop/notebooks do heat up. at least with sony vaio's they do. i used to have one running 24/7, the fan failed and it got fried.

[elph]

You might also take a look at hibernate, and standby modes if you're just trying to save on the power bill. That's what I've started doing.

[neohx_7]

I am downloading 24/7 so of course my Mac needs to stay on. My other computers are not on 24/7.

[Concept]

I have 2 computers which run 24/7. One I use for working on side-projects/work and the other I use as a web server, ftp server, streaming audio, torrent downloads, etc.

In the past I've always left 2 sets of computers on 24/7 as well, but I used to have problems with hard drives going bad. I later figured out that the reason this was happening was that I had them set to never turn off when idle.

So if you have your PC up all the time, make sure you have your hard drive(s) set to turn off after a certain period of idle time.

[DCAllAmerican]

Why do you leave it on?

[Concept]

Why do you leave it on?

1) Because I'm always on the computer...either working or on the net. Not too much into computer games...just console gaming.

2) I have web sites, databases and ftp server running off of one of them so it needs to be online 24/7.

[Mozgus]

I'll be technically leaving my system on, but in sleep mode. A deep sleep mode. The mode where the mouse and keyboard recieve no power, the fans turn off, the led lights turn off. Even the CPU fan goes off. Just for the sake of 3 second boot times and continuing where I left in applications.

[durkada]

Yeah, its on 24/7 -- so are the other 5 PCs.