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    Do you regularly "shut down" your computer?

    Excludes hibernating, putting to sleep, etc.

    Do you?

    I used to hibernate my laptop all the time, but ever since upgrading to desktop and getting an SSD, I shut down my computer every night because start up takes ~15-20 seconds to do. I was always under the impression that shutting down your computer regularly was a good habit to get into, but all my friends just leave theirs on 24/7. Does it matter if I shut down or not?

    The question mostly applies because I got a new ultrabook, and I sometimes close it and forget that I left it on. (I think it hibernates after a certain amount of time... not too sure.) Will this have any negative effects on my laptop?

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    Hm... I know that my father always tell me to restart the laptop every day, as a good measure against Windows causing its own errors from running for so long... But yet... Desktops, I've heard the opposite before, that shutting it down constantly can cause it to break faster...

    IDK...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpacasso View Post
    Excludes hibernating, putting to sleep, etc.

    Do you?

    I used to hibernate my laptop all the time, but ever since upgrading to desktop and getting an SSD, I shut down my computer every night because start up takes ~15-20 seconds to do. I was always under the impression that shutting down your computer regularly was a good habit to get into, but all my friends just leave theirs on 24/7. Does it matter if I shut down or not?

    The question mostly applies because I got a new ultrabook, and I sometimes close it and forget that I left it on. (I think it hibernates after a certain amount of time... not too sure.) Will this have any negative effects on my laptop?
    I notice since I've started leaving it on to ab all the time has made it work better. Dunno how it works but hey. It works XD

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    Nope, but it's a PiTA when I have to reboot to switch Operating Systems

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    i've been told from my computer guy that leaving a computer on will make it last longer. so since then i've left my PC on for long periods of time up to 6months-1year with out full shutdown.

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    I have a friend who gave me the advice to always shutdown my Mac, since she never did that with hers and it got busted, and when going to the store to try to repare it, they told her this fact had a lot to do with why her Mac only lasted this long.

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    Yep every night

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    I usually set it to automatically shut down every night after falling asleep, mainly because I run some heavy programs for a few hours late at night and don't want my comp to overheat.

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    I never do unless it's acting up. It's always on otherwise.

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    Only when needed. Heat cycles are bad as long as you have a good cpu and graphics cooler then leave it on

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