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View Poll Results: Do you leave your PC on when you go to bed?
Yes 28 38.36%
No 21 28.77%
Sometimes 14 19.18%
I don't have a PC, I am just yelling binary through the phone real loud 10 13.70%
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Old 2004-03-19, 11:09 AM   [Ignore Me] #31
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Originally Posted by Dharkbayne
Macs are not PC's. You go and die now.
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Old 2004-03-19, 11:14 AM   [Ignore Me] #32
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my pc goes into standby if its unattended for 5 minuets(whih is a pain if watching streaming video and stuff) it hibernates after an hour
 
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Old 2004-03-19, 12:25 PM   [Ignore Me] #33
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I leave mine on all the time.

I reboot about once every 6-8 months.

It's the Lighbulb theory.

When does a lightbulb burn out? it's when you turn it on. Computers are very similar if you keep it in a state of being warmed up and happily churning away then it will last a long time!
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Old 2004-03-19, 12:39 PM   [Ignore Me] #34
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i leave my laptop on, and the sucker goes into hibernate when i'm not using it. that's my "off" state. i'm terrified of turning computers on and off because booting up a computer is like a box of chocolates, you never know when you're gonna get the nasty tasting one with the orange and brown paste shit inside that tastes like a gangrenous foot. I mean.. when i leave my computer "running," whether it be in hibernate or just plain on, i know that it's working correctly and that it won't go apeshit unless I do something stupid. Whereas, if i turn it on, i never know what to expect. Sometimes computers just do wacky shit when you turn 'em back on.

I defrag once a week, run scandisk and virusscan pretty often, and i do all sorts of nice purging activities to help save my computer from all the bad stuff.

I have a pretty nice machine, so i'm not going to let it get eaten by glitches.

Pentium 4 3.06 MgHz
512 Mb Ram, which i'm upgrading to 1024 over spring break.
An upgraded mobile radeon 128mb VRAM video card
And a whole bunch of other nifty shit.
Plus a cooler that i designed myself to set the computer in when i'm playing games that tax the computer's inards.. I don't want my baby to overheat.

i suppose it'd be smarter to play games on a desktop, but my laptop runs so damned fast i just can't bear to go play PS on my dad's desktop. It's a P4, 2MgHz with 512Mb RAM and a fucking VICIOUS video card. i think it's the most powerful GeForce out there right now. it's a nice card. it'd probably run better on that thing, but hey, it's MY laptop, damnit.. i'm gonna use it.
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Old 2004-03-19, 12:49 PM   [Ignore Me] #35
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I turn mine off when I go to bed. I'm of the opinion that computers need sleep too, people just don't know it yet.
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Old 2004-03-19, 01:19 PM   [Ignore Me] #36
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Saw what you want about eMachines. Theyre tanks and can take an assload of punishment. Ive dropped the case while transporting it for LAN parties at least a dozen times, have slayed so many virii on it that the CDC would be impressed, and, even after all that, the only problems I have are bad frames, the occasional faulty USB port, and a green monitor.

I let my computer sleep. Continually running hurts performance, and, well, I dont need any more of a performance hit while GAMING on an EMACHINE. God, I hate that company.
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Old 2004-03-19, 10:48 PM   [Ignore Me] #37
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Electricity costs money. I keep it off. Besides, the mofugger has like 13 fans including several massive ones, it is loud for a computer.
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Old 2004-03-19, 11:32 PM   [Ignore Me] #38
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yep i run all my comps all the time. only goes down for maintinence.
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Old 2004-03-20, 12:32 AM   [Ignore Me] #39
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mine's on most of the time.
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Old 2004-03-20, 02:50 AM   [Ignore Me] #40
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Old 2004-03-20, 06:33 AM   [Ignore Me] #41
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So Spee, I take it you have yet to secure fundage for the spare parts I have lying around?
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Old 2004-03-20, 07:22 AM   [Ignore Me] #42
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No, only If i dl something big.
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Old 2004-03-20, 10:03 AM   [Ignore Me] #43
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Turn mine off at night.
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Old 2004-03-20, 12:04 PM   [Ignore Me] #44
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I leave it on. Usually I'm dling something or idling on IRC. A big plus is that electricity here is pretty cheap because we're right by the Hoover dam.
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Old 2004-03-20, 12:10 PM   [Ignore Me] #45
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Originally Posted by Sentrosi
So Spee, I take it you have yet to secure fundage for the spare parts I have lying around?

Unfortunatly, my fundage only was 100 billz, so, I bought dinner/movie for the girl and a 69$ video card which is in the mail at the moment.

I do appreciate the offer, and would take it if I had the money to buy processor/ram. But, I dont
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