On or Off

[Sethos]

recently I read an article where some company could save around two million dollars by simply turning off their computers at night and so I was wondering do you leave your precious puter on, or off when you don't use it...

~Sethos

[GNEP]

Off. Don't need it on, so why have the noise?

[The PIT]

Since theres no aircon it goes off when I leave.

[Guru]

Always on!

[Jammrock]

On at work (I run an FTP for work based stuff), Off at home.

Jammrock

[SpiralDragon]

both puters always on

[Gurm]

If it's actually DOING something (serving, downloading, etc.) I leave it on. The linux box runs 24/7. But the Windows box gets turned off when not in use.

- Gurm

[uberlad]

Same here, the server is left on all the time (really need to get round to quieting it down as it's sitting behind a chair in the front room) but my machine is turned off when it isn't being used.

Uberlad

[Tempest]

My home computer/computers are always on... Except for those situations when I'm leaving for a longer period of time (weekends etc), 'cause I don't completely trust them not going up in flames while I'm gone

[RedRed]

linux and smoothwall always on (I have had to move those boxes to the attic - too much noise)

w2k box off when not in use, usually....

at work never off.....

RedRed

[Brian Ellis]

Always off overnight (except if rendering videos) for all my 'puters, including the server. Saves an estimated 5 MWh/year and I'll let you work out how many tonnes of CO2 that saves being emitted into the atmosphere (not to mention over CYP 300 in electricity bills).

[cjolley]

@ home - on to run Seti
@ work - on because it's backed up every night.

Chuck

[HedsSpaz]

I used to leave my main box running 24/7 but I stopped doing that as I got tired of the noise. Five quite hefty fans 5 feet from the head of your bed makes it difficult to sleep I tell ya.
For a time I would leave my secondary box running at night instead (usually to keep my gnucleus searches/downloads going), but eventually I got tired of the noise from even that box, and it only has two fans.

Last summer when I was living with a friend in his apartment I did become power concious briefly when his power bill spiked do to the sudden increase in computers. It went from his 2 computers to 2 more computers that he aquired, my 2 computers, and the one computer belonging to another friend who was living with us. So, not only was there an increased power draw from the computers themselves, but the computers sufficiently increased the temperature of the apartment that the AC ran pretty much full time (to the point where we actually managed to cause it to break down once, heh) thus adding another item of hefty power consumption. Suffice to say that his power bill over doubled during the first two months of the summer, and so round about August I started keeping my computer off except during the few hours I was using it between work and bed. It became obvious then who's computer was the real power draw/heater.

Ian

[VJ]

Off...
I live in a small studio-like appartment, so my office is my livingroom is my bedroom. And the machine is just too noisy.


Jörg

[Technoid]

If it isn't working it goes off
atleast untill I get the rest of it on watercooling