Leave On, Sleep, Hibernate or Shutdown

neeraj · 18 Sep 2010

lorddenis said:

i Shut Down the PC. and when i wake up i turn it on. and why would anyvone want to have the PC turne on 24/7 ?

lorddenis ur right...

tw33k · 18 Sep 2010

A lot people have quotas on their internet usage. They may have 10GB of usage between 6am and 6pm and 50 GB of usage 6pm-6am. Therefore they leave their PCs on all night while they download.

Nem · 18 Sep 2010

tw33k said:

Nem said:

Sleep/Hibernate for me. Shutting down once or twice a week.

Which one tho? Sleep or hibernate?

Hibernate.

tw33k · 18 Sep 2010

Why didn't you vote for hibernate then?

edit..My bad...could've sworn hibernate was still at 0.
The aim of this poll was to show somebody that most people who "are PC savvy" don't shut their PCs down often. Looks like it's back firing on me.

Nem · 18 Sep 2010

Lol, It was i thought i pressed it at first. voted again after i replied to you....Kinda makes me lonely being the only one who hibernates so far. :|

tw33k · 18 Sep 2010

I use hibernate if I'm not using it for extended periods. Otherwise I put it to sleep. Never shutdown

MattRainier · 18 Sep 2010

Meh, I just sleep mine. Huh - the last time I shut it down was probably a couple weeks ago...I've gone as much as two months between restarts before, simply because Windows Vista and Windows 7 are not XP. :)

smarteyeball · 19 Sep 2010

tw33k said:

The aim of this poll was to show somebody that most people who "are PC savvy" don't shut their PCs down often. Looks like it's back firing on me.

Indeed it is

If it makes you feel any better I hibernate a laptop...

IownAmoneyPit · 19 Sep 2010

I prefer to shut mine down.

alphanumeric · 19 Sep 2010

tw33k said:

Unless you actually turn it off at the mains (ie: pull the plug) there's very little difference in power consumption between shutting down, hibernate and sleep. So shutting down to "save on power" is a myth. And using sleep or hibernate essentially turns everything off anyway. I think leaving it on 24/7 is not good but using sleep/hibernate has lots of advantages.

Um are you sure about that? The only thing on in the power supply when you power down the PC is the auxillery +5V supply. It's a 5V 2 A power supply, thats only 10 watts. Thats a lot less than what your PC uses when it's turned on.

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