Do you leave your computer on all day?

I used to keep my computer running all the time but ever since I've heard that there are viruses that can penetrate systems that are left on, I don't anymore. What I do is hibernate my computer. It leaves the computer in a sleep mode and it also draws minimal power. It also leaves all of the pages and applications I was viewing open so that when I log on again, they are there.

I unfortunately leave my computer on all day and night. My electric bill hasn't really gone up any I just make sure I turn off the monitor when I'm away or asleep. I'm usually in the middle of a download but lately i've been turning it off because my computer has been getting hott.

I've got 2 computers and one of them (older, this one where I'm right now) I never let it stay on all day, I turn it off when I don't need it but I've got another one that is more recent and that one is always on, downloading and running some services I need.

There are a variety of powersaver modes available in anything beyond Windows95, but I wouldn't recommend them in anything before XP, in 95 and 98 it was flaky and sometimes would not wake up. This still happens from time to time with XP, it is just rarer. One tip is to just turn off your monitor, it is one of the biggest draws of electricity (assuming stadard CRT monitor).

yes mine is on throughout the day, i havent faced any long electricity bills, you should switch off the monitor

I have cable internet. I really haven't noticed a jump in my electric bill. But I have my computer set up to go to sleep if I don't use it for over an hour. And I do turn it off at night. That may be why I haven't noticed an increase in my bill.

No, I don't leave my computer on all day. I turn it on only if I'm going to use it and when I'm done I shut it down. I too have found that leaving it on for long periods of time increases the electric bill. It seems to give the computer a break too.

The internet scheme which i have permits me free download from night 12 to 8 in the morning so i keep large files to download at night and i go off to sleep. My laptop is switched on till 7 in the morning whenever i want to download such large files.

since i am living at the hostel, i don't need to think of the bills. I normally will switch my computer on during the day - from morning to the late night, but will shut if off when i am going to bed. I am understand that it is not good to leave our computer on the whole day constantly - that's why i didn't do this thing.

Most of the time my computer is ON, all day and night its ON, I download various softwares, games, movies & music and let them to upload thats when I am not in front of the computer. When I am in front of computer, I play Games, try the new downloaded softwares, Chat, search for more softwares, movies & games and listen to songs. I cannot sit idle in front of my Computer. My Computer is my life. You can say that I do computer, I talk of computer, I listen of computer, I walk of computer & I do everthing about Computers.

I keep mine on 24/7. should not use a ton of power if you put it into energysaving mode. Also it is better for your computer to leave it on.

i do not leave my computer turned on all day, except for sometimes when i need to complete a download fast but i use MBM5 monitor so that if the temperature goes over my desired threshold the computer would shut down immediately to prevent further damage.

I guess i'f you need to keep your pc on for a day and not actually be there all the time, just turn off the monitor when you don't use it, after all, it is the monitor that consumes more than the CPU, especially if it is 20++ inches!

Yes, i leae my pc on all day, because i'm an internet addicted ;)

only if im downloading something that cant wait any longer, but i usually put it into hibernation so i can start from where i was

I am on the internet alot. But I do turn it off at night when I sleep. The electric bill are really high especially in the winter. I rather have heat than a computer on. It seems you do virus scan everyday right? Unlike me, I probably should. That thing takes like more than 45 minutes to complete. And Norton Virus program makes everything run slow. It draws alot of power and RAM.

I only leave mine on in the daytime. I can't see where it's good for it to be on constantly. It needs a break just as us humans do, I would think. I even turn my dsl modem off at night. I don't know how much of the electic bill it uses but I wouldn't think that much. I wouldn't leave my t.v. on all night so I wouldn't leave the computer on all night either. Even in the daytime if no one is going to be on it I turn it off in the day. Maybe I'm a freak about it I don't know.