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    Then i think it's time for you to step to the dark side.. the SSD side.
    or buy a new computer!

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    I always let my laptop sleep, basically until it dies
    My desktop is off until I need it, which is maybe once a week.
    I'll be honest I'm just lazy with the laptop LOL

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    I let my laptop sleep whenever I am done because... Its got a battery.
    My desktop? I am sure the off/on button thing still works but why would I test it?

    In all seriousness leaving the pc on consumes more electricity, turning it off and on shortens component lifetime.

    In the long run its still cheaper to turn off every time.
    Is it that big of a deal? Well not really.

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    I leave my computer on to do virus checks and defrag sometimes, but I don't make a habit of leaving the thing on...

    Not any more these days, I mean..

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    I prefer to shut down. Electricity is precious to me!!

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    I don't think I've properly shut my laptop down since I got it. It's done a lot of sleeping, but no shutdowns.




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    My desktop, yes. It's actually perfectly fine to do so. With a laptop, you could set to sleep/hibernate or shutdown as well.
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    I only shut down when i find that its starting to slow down

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    Yes! It bothers me to no end when people don't shut down their computers or AT LEAST restart!

    My mom never shuts down her laptop and wonders why it will start freezing after a while or there'll be connectivity issues with the printer or mouse or something. Whenever she asks for help I just tell her to restart and she's consistently amazed when it fixes whatever her problem was, as if I haven't told her a million times to take better care of the poor thing! ALWAYS has it plugged in too, even when it's sleeping, and wonder why it doesn't hold a charge anymore when it's not even old :/ Same thing with her phone. I tell her to shut it down before going to sleep since she puts it on silent anyway, but nah. Then complains when it has issues or the battery doesn't last very long when she's only had it a few months. Sigh.

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    Apart from rare occasions I do shut it down every night before going to sleep.
    When I was a teen though, I'd always leave it running and idling in some MMORPGs for overnight giveaways and stuff like that. xD

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