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11 | 37.93% |
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10 | 34.48% |
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1 | 3.45% |
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2 | 6.90% |
| other |
  
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5 | 17.24% |
| Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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07-26-2010, 07:31 AM
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I can hear my ears
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How often do you reboot your computer?
How often should you?
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07-26-2010, 07:38 AM
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Beware of potatoes
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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.
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07-26-2010, 07:50 AM
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barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
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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.
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07-26-2010, 08:15 AM
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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. Last edited by glatt; 07-26-2010 at 08:29 AM. |
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07-26-2010, 08:18 AM
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Nearly done.
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Glatt and I are as one.
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07-26-2010, 08:25 AM
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I can hear my ears
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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.
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07-26-2010, 08:36 AM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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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. 
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07-26-2010, 08:39 AM
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I can hear my ears
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other: I killed a hobo
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07-26-2010, 08:40 AM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Ah, yes...how could I forget?
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07-26-2010, 09:38 AM
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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)
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07-26-2010, 11:05 AM
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Nearly done.
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I put 'other' Shawnee as there was no 'I shut down whenever not in actual use' option.
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07-26-2010, 11:12 AM
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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. |
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07-26-2010, 11:17 AM
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I can hear my ears
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I have that.
I'll try that
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07-26-2010, 11:30 AM
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Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult
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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.
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07-26-2010, 12:30 PM
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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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