Do you shut down your computer???

I leave it on but I use a screen saver. I figure, it would use up just the same enough power if I shut it down/reboot again.

The computer is shut down only at 11 p.m. and again on at 5 a.m. in them orning. The computer is used by mywife, myson and myself and hence it is busy during the above said hours.

My computer is always doing something. When I am away, that doesn't mean the computer is just sitting there eating electricity. Programs are running. K'Torrent, Amule, and Boic are three programs that require little attention from the user of a Linux computer. The monitor goes into standby mode if I need to go away for short times, when I go to bed, I shut off it's power. The monitor is the power hog of my system. * The computer gets turned off when something needs to be done inside the tower. The tower is the case that holds the mother board, the hard drive, and the power casing. It needs air-dusting every one to three months. The fans need checking.

My computer is always on. I shut him down only once a year (for 14 days) when I am on vacations. I believe it is best for computer to be on all the time. Otherwise hard drive could be broken, it is designed that way. Inside parts of hard drive had to circle. If you shut down computer that circulation is stopped and that is bad for hard drive!

hello indiavani, If I have to leave in between for some 1-2 hrs work at home away from the computer I turn off my computer. No one else would be using it so to save on electricity I turned it off. Somehow turning it off for breaks helps to prolong the life of your computer specially if your a heavy user. :-)

Yes but once a week maybe!!

I leave my computer 24/7 because your computer is safer from viruses when you have a connection that is on all the time. When you turn your computer on it takes time to load your anti-virus and viruses can get in. I only restart my computer.

I shut down my computer after eight hours straight use, be it day or night, I shut it down every eight hours of usage and I don't use my computer during weekends. As much as possible, it's always family time.No work at all.. :)

I invariably shut down my computer, when I am not working, specially at home. I can re-start it, as and when need arises, I think it helps save some electricity.

No we never shut down our computer, unless we are going out of town =) I am on the computer so much it would be silly to shut it off.

i had never turned off my computer when i am doing other things. i will turn on favorite musics on my computer. but since i know the price of electricity is too high now in my city, then sometimes i will turn off my computer when i can't use it in 1 hour. now i spend over 10 hours online everyday, 6 hours on mylot and other sites for money and 4 hours for music and movies or cartoons. sometimes i will read a book online, then i will take more time online.

I do shutdown my computer to save electricity and avoid a high bill but if I will only take a break for an hour or less I tend to set it in an stand by mode.

I am shutting down computer when i am 1-2 hours away from computer.But when for half hour i turn off my monitor and CPU is on.

Gosh, my house worst. Our computer open 24/7/365. I wish I could shut down the computer, let it be rest. That computer belong to my sister, she always let the computer opens overnight. I wish explode or something. She didnt even pay the bills. I don't mind if the computer let it open forever for a good purpose. But she's only play games with her's husband, and download some games and movies. When we give the advices about the bills, they simply don't care. And they said we already pay bills for internet. Only that! So I wish that I could shut down the computer. For me I don't mind turn on the computer up to the next day. Anyway, your computer need rest also just like us. So why dont turn it off sometimes.

most of the time i leave it on, i only shut it if i know im going to stay away for more than 5 hours or so

I normally don't shutdown computer if I take 1-2 hours break. However if I'm going out on an appointment for about 5 hours, I would shutdown the computer

I always shut it off just in case of power surge.I have a power protector for it but you never know.

If it could be of more than one hour, I would shut the computer down, if the break would only be 15 - 30 minutes, I would not turn the computer down but the computer in the office would last from 8 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon

If I download something I usually turn special program that turn off computer after the time I set it on. Otherwise I shut down the computer myslef. It would be waste of energy and electricity is expencive, too....

The only time I ever shut my laptop down is when it starts acting sluggish. Even then I don't completely shut it down. I delete all the cookies and then restart. I like it to be on and ready to use any time I might need it day or night.