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lumberjim 07-26-2010 07:31 AM

How often do you reboot your computer?
 
How often should you?

spudcon 07-26-2010 07:38 AM

I once heard Kim Komando say she leaves hers running all the time. I find that wasteful, not in terms of electricity only, but all those motors running generating heat, and also the hard drive spinning at a jillion RPM.

classicman 07-26-2010 07:50 AM

How often should it be rebooted? I have no idea. Rebooting the computer I now have takes about 10 minutes. Its got an old gateway brain and was pieced together about 5 years ago.

glatt 07-26-2010 08:15 AM

I turn them completely off when not in use. So at work, it's daily. At home it's probably 2-3 times a day. Takes a couple minutes to restart. I'm walking away when they shut down, so I have no idea how long that part takes.

I have no idea what the correct and proper practice is.

Rhianne 07-26-2010 08:18 AM

Glatt and I are as one.

lumberjim 07-26-2010 08:25 AM

I used to never reboot. Lately, I've begun shutting it down at night, and it seems like it moves faster now, and takes less time to boot up when I turn it on.

It used to take 6-7 minutes to come out of it's coma.... and now it boots up in 3 or 4 minutes. I think it was overheating, being left on all the time.

Shawnee123 07-26-2010 08:36 AM

I'm trying to figure out what "other" could mean, since the bases are pretty much covered by the other options.

Something like "I don't reboot, I just buy a new computer every day."

So, whoever answered "other" please to let us know what isn't covered by the other options. I'm curious. kthxbai.


:lol:

lumberjim 07-26-2010 08:39 AM

other: I killed a hobo

Shawnee123 07-26-2010 08:40 AM

Ah, yes...how could I forget? :)

sweetwater 07-26-2010 09:38 AM

My laptop got a new hard drive & extra memory, and now seems to run hot. I turn it off after every session now, figuring it's better for it & me (keeps me from being on as much as before)

Rhianne 07-26-2010 11:05 AM

I put 'other' Shawnee as there was no 'I shut down whenever not in actual use' option.

Undertoad 07-26-2010 11:12 AM

The best choice is Hibernate, if your system can do it. It uses only tiny amounts of electricity and "boots" back to where you were in like 5 seconds.

But my system can't do it for some reason. It just reboots.

lumberjim 07-26-2010 11:17 AM

I have that.

I'll try that

BrianR 07-26-2010 11:30 AM

My sole remaining Windows box requires a reboot every other day or so. My Linux machines get rebooted whenever the kernel gets updated or the power goes out for more than five minutes.

bbro 07-26-2010 12:30 PM

At home - since I use it so rarely, it gets turned on and off with each use. At work - almost never. It takes forever to get things running in the morning if I shut it off. Plus, more often than not, I am leaving half finished things on there that I will need the next day.


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