I don't think my computer is ever shut down unless there's a power outage and I've had it for several years now, custom built myself. I do regularly reformat the entire system though.
for the most part i leave my computer running pretty much 24/7. i have a laptop so i close it and it hibernates under my bed. if it is moving particularly slowly, i will restart it, but verrrry rarely do i actually turn it off and leave it off for more than an hour.
I usually do shut down, I find Hibernating and Sleep Mode to be useless imo, electricity still gets used and your pc just lags.
I turn it on in the morning and off when I go to sleep.
I used to leave it on 24/7 but since I started sleeping closer to it I can't stand the fans if it's been running for a while.
Plus, everything on this side of the decade leaks memory like crazy, so it almost feels like a daily shut down is more of a requirement than a choice.
Can relate. XDOriginally Posted by Kezzie
I haven an Acer laptop that I got in like 2012 and I've been using it ever since. I only shut down at the end of the day, and rather intermittently put it to sleep throughout the day when I'm done with it. So like I'll turn it on in the morning and do some stuff, then close it and let it "sleep" until I get back to it later. Then when I'm going to bed, I actually shut it down. My dad fixes computers/laptops and rebuilds them and stuff and has always told me that I should shut it down at least once a day. It's worked for me!
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I turn off my computer whenever it gets too slow
I shut my laptop down whenever I'm not using it.
Wow looks like i should invest in a SSD! I shutdown every couple days or so, and hate that slow startup process!
I'll give my pc a good restart every few days - other than that it's on most of the time. I try to remember to shut it down if I know I won't be using it for more than a few hours, but I'm pretty forgetful.
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