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State of your comp at night?

  • Leave it on

    Votes: 25 43.9%
  • Stand by

    Votes: 11 19.3%
  • Turn it off

    Votes: 21 36.8%

  • Total voters
    57

Zoots

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I'm interested to know if you guys turn off your comp, put it on 'stand by' or leave it on all night forever and ever.

I put mine on stand by cos if I leave it on, I can kinda hear it and can't sleep.
 
I voted turn it off, but then I re-read the question and I actually usually have it on all night, but I turn it off in the morning when I go to bed. :wink:
 
I leave the computer on....but humming never bothers me cause my bedroom is a good distance away from the kitchen....and I have two noisy cats too....I mean sometimes. Overall I have a quiet computer...which I'm also thankfull for :wink:

(My parents leaving their radios on annoys me to no end cause they like to leave it on when I'm trying to get some sleep :mad: Yea...my bedroom is right next to theirs :sigh: )
 
I turn mine off. I figure since I won't be using while I'm asleep I might as well save whatever few cents of electricity it would take to be on standby all night.
 
I used to turn mine off. But I read somewhere that computers actually consume more electricity during the booting process. That's why I put mine on stand by now. Not really sure which is the most economical option.
 
Sometimes I leave it on... if I have programs that I need updated but don't really want to run them during the day I'll leave it on, but otherwise I usually turn it off.

Does anyone know if leaving a laptop on overnight is healthy? Or is it the same as leaving a desktop computer on?
 
Mine is on all the time. I just turn the monitor off.
I thought I heard that its not good to turn your comp on and off all the time.
 
I almost clicked leave it on, but now I've got a laptop so I do the same thing as what everyone's said, close it so it goes to sleep
 
I usually leave them both on, but turn the monitor off. On the weekend, I might turn one of them off til I need to use it again, usually Sunday night. And my Norton program scans on Friday evenings, so...
 
I leave it on. Ernie used to nag me about it because of the wasted electricity, but I think he's just given up. :laugh:
 
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