Do you leave your computer on all the time?

No I do not shut any of our computers off here at home. I do have them networked together that we can actually log into them from the outside. In order to do so they must be on. I do on rare occasions, shut them off to refresh and reboot. But generally I do not turn them off. The laptop I use most commonly had been on for four years and the PC for about 5. We use our computers here often and for hours on end. I don't have anyone other then my boyfriend here and none of us hide anything, lol. We don't have any reason either to turn them off. I don't think anyone to date has called me stupid for it and have logged in from the outside on a pinch. I have not noticed any changes in our electric utility bill and as a matter of fact we use to have 5 on all the time, when the kids were at home.

mostly no... i used it mostly around 4 to 5 hour then turn it off for an hour then turn it on again. I also turn it off when i'm sleeping. There are several benefit if you turn off your computer, first it safe your electrical bill, second your computer will last longer because electronic component have a lifetime too... My computer is about 10 to 11 years old... Today people sell computer that consume power below 30 Watt, maybe if you like to leave your computer on you can buy this computer...

I've read pros and cons for both........I personally don't think it makes much of a dif if you leave it on or shut it down. I shut mine down simply because my cooling fan makes a high pitched whining noise that would drive me crazy when the house is quiet and I'm trying to go to sleep.

I do turn mine off, sometimes several times per day. It is so hot here in the desert that I must turn it off. The computer gets overheated (along with everything else in the house) so if I don't turn it off soon I will have nothing to turn on or off

I do not turn my computer off except for in power outages, when it freezes or when it restarts after updates either. Otherwise, my computer is left on. It is set to go to sleep after a certain amount of time to conserve electricity. However, I do not turn it off. There are a lot of things on my computer that have to start up when I turn it on. It is easier and faster just to leave it running. My children do not get on the computer until they are given permission. Therefore, I do not have to worry about anything not being saved or them getting into anything. I really do not see a reason to turn the computer off and on all the time.

I always shutdown the computer completely from the powerstrip. It saves on energy and with that, it also keeps my electric bill down. Why give more money to the electric company. I wouldn't call you stupid that is not nice maybe you just didn't know better. I think even shutting it down completely helps in case of a bad storm that if your computer is still on it could do damage to the computer's pc.

mommyboo my computer is older desk top and its much too noisy to leave on at night. b ut I turn it on when I get up about six thirty and leave it on all day till nine o clock then turn it off so I have an hour before I go to bed to wind down after mylotting all day. But I would never call you stupid mommyboo. I know a lot of people do leave theirs on all the time but my computer nerd son says turn it off when you go to bed so I do.My roomie never touches my computer thank goodness for that. My goodness its 8:44 pm already so I will be shutting down soon although I would love to mylot til 11 pm but my roomie would have fits so I don't do it.anyway we are woke at 6 am. so we need some sleep I guess. Iuse my computer all the time.lol

I sometimes don't power off my computer especially if I am downloading something important. I know that it is not stupid but wasteful a little bit.

I usually turn my computer off when I am done for the night. I heard it's good for them to have to reboot occasionally. I figure it saves a tiny bit of energy as well. So that's been my practice for quite some time now. I don't really know if it makes a difference, but it kinda makes sense.

I have two computers. One I use for fun stuff, and the other is my work horse computer. The work horse is a Mac Mini. It has no fan, makes no sound, and go into sleep mode automagically after about 30 minutes. I leave it on all the time. The game fun time computer is a Windows PC, and it has 5 fans, makes tons of noise, and uses tons of power. It also makes tons of heat, and bad thing in the summer time. So when I'm not using it, I shut that sucker down.

I turn off my laptop to save energy. I usually surf on my study table and then when I'm done, I shut it down and put it in the bag. I do all these just to keep things tidy.

Unless I am doing some stuff, I would usually switch off my laptop when I am not using it. First, I can save energy and second, I do not want my laptop to go kaput or burn itself up.

When not in use, I switch off my computer for fear of getting it damaged due to voltages fluctuations we have on the electricity distribution lines, which have been damaging my system very often. If such a fear is not there, there is no need to switch off the computer. What you are doing is right.

I do not leave my computer on if I am not using it. The main reason that I do so is that I always try to save on electricity. It is okay to leave it on, but it is embedded in me and I am used to saving a lot so nothing no matter how small go to waste. It was not nice though that you are being called stupid just for that.

i leave my desktop computer on all the time. my laptop i always shut down. I don't really know why i do that... LOL

I noticed that the first few people who responded to this discussion thinks it takes power to keep your computer on. It takes more power to turn it on after having it turned off, than it would take to just keep it on. Or so my boss at work used to tell me. Our IT guy always told us to leave them on because it took a lot of energy to restart them after turning them off. Just because you leave your computer on doesn't mean everyone can see what you were doing on the computer, if a person is worried about a nosy parent or spouse because you wouldn't leave it at your email box or anywhere where they can read what you were doing. If you just leave it at your desktop no one would know your passwords to get into your stuff to see what you were doing so that's not really a reason to shut it off. So I leave my computer on all the time and I have no reason to shut it off. Good luck and happy mylotting my friend, Chris

I don't turn my computer off either. When there is a powerout, as I have a laptop, I will simply close the top part of it. I do so, mainly to save power and such.

No friend I cant leave computer on but yes some time only for half an hour I can leave my lappi on. But I shut down my computer after complete my teaching. Because i want to save electric.

When I am at home I usually do face the computer most of the time to study and do my lotting:)except for bathroom breaks of course.Obviously I leave my computer all the time when I am away here in home and out for my duty and I apply what I had learned during my study session at home.

I don't, because I'm not all the time at home. I go to work into the office and there is another computer. Also, in the office, computers aren't ever on all the time. But computers have energy saving system that stars when you do not use them. Maybe if you use it almost all the day, then you don't need to shut off the computer.