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How do you turn off your computer (non-arcade)
Dervacumen:
I never hibernate or go to sleep. I shut down in the morning before I go to work about 50% of the time - when I remember - and turn it back on when I get home (roughly 12 hours time lapse.)
I used to leave it on all day, but between this overheating Motorola DSL modem which can now only stay on for about a week without overheating, and a tiered electricity rate it makes sense. It also saves me about $15 a month. Firefox saves any tabs I want open upon return, and any docs just get sent to the desktop for easy retrieval.
We have semi frequent power outages here so it's probably in my best interest anyway.
danny_galaga:
When I'm done using it, I shut it down. I don't understand why you wouldn't in an average home environment? Why waste power? Unless it's downloading stuff of course :dunno
Also, I used to live in a city that had the highest lightning strike rate of any city in the world, so it was a good habit to get into...
05SRT4:
I shut mine down. With the SSD drive its only take a few seconds to boot up so its not this all day event that some people complain about.
MD Draco:
Ctrl + opt +cmd + eject seems to do the trick for me!! Otherwise, I close the lid and let is sleep, though I make sure to shut down / restart every few days!! Age old adage stands true: "have you tried turning it off and on again" ;)
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on April 12, 2013, 03:03:20 am ---
When I'm done using it, I shut it down. I don't understand why you wouldn't in an average home environment? Why waste power? Unless it's downloading stuff of course :dunno
Also, I used to live in a city that had the highest lightning strike rate of any city in the world, so it was a good habit to get into...
--- End quote ---
Because it's hard to "look something up right quick" when you've gotta wait for your computer to boot up.
My pc is never turned off, I simply turn off the monitor when not in use. All of the windows power saving features (power down hard drives ect) are in place. You'd be surprised how little power a pc uses when it is in idle.
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