Your powering on/off preferences?

[Taffycat]

What are people's preferences, or current thinking, about how they like to run their PCs?

 

[muckshifter]

I no longer crunch, so it's off at night.

 

[TriplexDread]

Most nights I switch off unless i'm doing a big download,

Just costs too much money to leave em on nowadays

*Oh and to ad. I hate Hibernate, I think it's a complete waste of time

 

[Ian]

If I'm in the house and awake, the PC is normally on .

Very occasionally, I'll leave it on when I'm out if the PC is updating, defragging, backing up or doing something else time consuming.

 

[floppybootstomp]

None of the above, really.

I turn any one off when I'm not using it, simple.

I don't use any energy saving options, including 'hibernate'.

I'll leave one on occasionally overnight if I'm grabbing a big download.

 

[Silverhazesurfer]

I leave my servers on. Most access to the home network is Laptop usage. The laptop is just closed when done. I think it sleeps, with one eye open.

 

[Anon_F]

PC runs whenever i'm home.
The wiring needs replacing in the house & is on the list to do!

 

[Abarbarian]

None of the above, really.

I turn any one off when I'm not using it, simple.

I'll leave one on occasionally overnight if I'm grabbing a big download.

Ditto

 

[V_R]

I get home its goes on, i go bed it goes off. Unless it doing something.

other than that its on most of the time.

 

[historian]

We turn our computers off when we go to bed,no point leaving them on; electricity costs so much now.
historian

 

[bootneck02]

Unless I am rebuilding itI leave it on as I am crunchingbut will have to see how much the elertric is, as since the move I have only just had a estimated bill as the freezer is in front of the meeterand cannot read it till we get a under counter freezer for the kitchen.

 

[Quadophile]

I switch it off when leaving for work, otherwise as long as I am in it's on. Since it is a laptop keeping it connected to the mains all the time results in battery wear.