My laptop is usually fully shut down once or twice a week when I notice things aren't running as smoothly. Other than that, I usually leave my laptop in sleep mode. My sister left her tablet turned on for a few months straight, and that little thing ran incredibly slow and froze all the damn time.
Oh dang, for real? I almost always shutdown my PC every day (I think the weekends are the only time I don't). Whenever I leave it sleeping, everything just gets laggier until I restart. Maybe it's 'cause my computer is ancient, but still.Originally Posted by pokwang
yah maybe it's already slow from being old and outdated?
the article actually says if you have an old computer , it's more of a reason to not always shut it down because it wears down the mechanical components of the computer.i have been unaware of all of these myself. I shut down my computer after every use. but the explanation actually makes sense
Hmm yeah, maybe. It could also be the case that it might not be as good if you shutdown and restart very frequently, but maybe once every few days is better. Hard to say without doing rigorous studies for it though.
the only time articles say it doesn't matter is if you barely use the computer...for example: if you're only going to use the computer for a task and don't plan on using the PC again a couple of days later.
this is all new to me too.
when you say old, how old are we talking about tho? and whether or not if you've upgraded any of the components at all
When my computer is not in use, it is turned off, I don't know in reality if this is needed, but I have no reason to keep it on so I make sure everything is off when not in use.
Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I rarely don't do anything with my computer for a couple days though, so maybe I should start having it sleep more instead of shut down...
Mine is about 5 years, though I recently cleaned it up (both hardware and software). No upgrades to the components. It runs better than it did before, but it still lags after waking up from sleep.
i never shut down my office pc, my pc is on sleep mode when i'm going back home
the only time my pc shut down is when there is no electricity in the office
It used to be that keeping the computer running was better for it (I'm talking maybe 10 years ago, on older tower computers), but it might have changed since then. Judging from the ancient computers in my office and when I played around with them, I think it's worse to keep them on through the night or weekend. They just freeze and die when you come back. Laptops are probably better with power management and could be kept either off or asleep, but don't quote me on that.
My laptop is in sleep mode as I am always studying for uni and it's so much more convenient to just come back to it. I DO prefer to switch things off though to save power. I'm a bit surprised to see it's better for the PC to be left on!
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