Leaving a Computer On

I have heard its good for your computer to leave it on because turning it off and on all the time puts stress on it... As long as you have good virus and hacker protection you will be fine to be hooked to the internet all the time..

Leaving your computer on is good for the hardware? 2 things I want to share... (1) if you leave your computer always on will shorten the lifespan of your hardware, i think all of as are aware of that, but if you keep it on and it perform a certain task that give something for you in return. But if you leave it on and it's just idle, I think you are just wasting something (2) a typical PC will consume a lot of energy, now a days it is a good practice because Global warming is one of a serious concern for all of us. Some lawmaker are pursuing to ban the use of incandescent bulb for the reason that it consume energy a lot but less light it produce... it is good for us to participate such action, maybe not for us today but for our children or grandchildren in the future. If our electrical or electronic equipment is not in use, it is better to turn it off and unplug the unit in the wall outlet, to conserve energy. With this little effort you are helping not just your pocket or your parents pocket for the electric bill but also you are cutting energy consumption and help your country in the battle against green house effect.

I would say putting your computer on may strain some part on the hardware, like over heating and stuff, but most recent hardwares are mostly immune to over heating. For the internet, you may get sudden virus attacks, which are a remote possibility if you have a good strong firewall. But in view of conserving energy, I would say turning it on only when you use is a better thing to do. Why waste electricity?

Well It's not a good habit to leave the computer on all the time. It will consume a lot of electricity which is a total waste of the resources. It is always better to on your computer when you need it and let it be off rest of the time. I only turn my machine on when I need it and we all should be having this habit. Good Luck.

Leaving your computer ON alawyas is good for the hardare, but leaving it connected to the internet all the time! here you have to be good protected from Viruses and hackers; I suggest Sygate personal firewall, norton AntiVirus corp edition, and Windows defender.

i don't think it's a good idea and not because of the internet threats but of heating components in your PC especially on summer days that will drasticly shorten your PC's life span.My advice is that your turn it on when you need it and keep it on as long as you need it on and than leave him to rest.

Well, we leave ours on all of the time and I have never had any real problems from it. The only time we turn ours off, is when we are going to be out of town for a couple of days. So you are safe leaving yours on.

My cable installer (internet too) has informed me of the pros and cons to this very thing. It's not a question of viruses or hackers because if that were so we would all be afraid to even turn them on. He said that it is taxing on the hardware, to get it hot then cool down again. It expands and constricts the components which can cause needless wear and tear on your PC. This is second hand news and comes from another so please don't shoot the messenger if you do not agree. Even though he told me that I still turn it off at night when I retire for the evening. This is simply a personal preference and a habit.

Well as you have seen different people have different opinions on this. I can tell you what I was told by a computer builder and what I've observed. I was told not to use standby mode, it actually puts wear and tear on the parts because they are still powering up and down. I was told to leave the computer on, only reboot as needed but when I was going to not use it for long periods (like when you go to bed) to turn off the monitor. Now I have compared electricty with shutting off the whole thing as compared to leaving it on, no major difference. Now with turning the monitors off I have noticed a difference in the electric bill, it is lower when we are shutting those off. It's not hugely lower but it is a bit lower. So up to you.

For me it is better to turn off the computer if you will not use if for a long time, let's say, you wont' be able to use to it for the next five hours or so. You have to save electricity but if you are downloading and you won't be doing anything else in the computer, just turn off the monitor. I do that to save electricity as well.

I usually turn it off when I'm not using it though sometimes I leave it on if I know that I'm going to be using it again after an hour or so. I never leave it on all night though or when I'm not in the house because it's wasting electricity and as it's in my bedroom, the noise of the CPU fan is enough to keep me awake :(

wow.. i never knew leaving the computer on all the time is good.. i thought it would be bad because it would slow down the hardware.. and overheat the computer... annddd it's a waste of electricity to do so. but if you have a good virus protection then leave it on.. but if not. i'd turn it off when you dont need it

YA ITS GOOD FOR THE HARDWARE TO LEAVE THE COMPUTER ON, BUT WHENEVER UR NOT USING UR COMPUTER THAN U CAN SHUTDOWN UR COMPUTER, AND IF YOU WANT TO CONNECT ALL THE TIME TO THE INTERNET, THEN USE SOME FIREWALL OR ANTIVIRUS, I RECEMMED U TO USE AVAST ANTIVIRUS, IT IS THE BEST ANTIVIRUS, I AM ALSO USING THIS ANTIVIRUS, AND IT IS GAVINGE ME THE GOOD RESPONSE

It dose not really hurt to leave it on. the one thing that you can do is go into your power settings in your control panel and set when you want your monitor and hard drive to turn off this save a little power and keeps the processor cooler. i leave mine on have been for about 4 years.

They say it's not good for your computer to leave it on all the time. It may just have to do with it having to work constantly. If nothing else, you save quite a bit of energy when you turn it off. Of course...I do leave mine on.

Well... it depends on what you use your pc for. For example, I have 2 pcs, one of them is this one which is just turned on while I'm around here but at night I turn it off but I have another one which is always turned on downloading things and running some processes I need and never happened anything wrong to it. As long as you are well protected it doesn't matter if you let your pc turned on 1h or one day, it's all the same. Besides it doesn't even spend that much energy so that's not a problem (I think).

i just leave it on all day so when i want to use it i can, i only have free zone alarm firewall lol i dnt get viruses

With sometime ago, when I downloading something i was leaving computer ON, but now i don't leave on only if i don't stay at computer for a little time, when i go until a friend or when i eating.

I you keep on swithing you PC on and off then it will start giving you problem.Its a good idea to leave it open when you are leaving your seat for few minutes.Its good if you keep it on stand by mode because it saves lot of power which your monitor cosumes.

I normally have mine on. But occasionally if I am going to be gone all day I shut it down...give it a rest.