Who likes to reboot....often ?

[arthurleung]

I avoid shutdown at all cost since my system is acting weird unable to warm boot
Anyway, I have my CPU set at 0.97V 7x24, doing xvid/x264 encodings. Those encodings are horribly slow. Extremely hard to find a time to shutdown unless I want to waste 12hr of encoding works...

[koocha]

I turn mine off over night but only reboot during the day when I have to. Like today for example. I switched from Agnitum Outpost firewall (free version) and AVG free to Zone Alarm with Antivirus

[kempez]

Generally I only reboot when prompted to. My PC goes off at night tho.

Rebooting doesn't bother me too much as it only takes 20seconds or so...

[ajones]

Only reboot when updating OS or playing a really buggy game. It gets switched off when not in use.

[Glaivier]

When you install a large program on the computer you should (apparently) preferably defrag, reboot, install, defrag, reboot, then use the program. However, I say this and I tend to leave my computers on 24/7 (work and home machines). There's supposed to be something about the directory pointer in windows that gets reset on a reboot that affects usage of the defragmented space ... though this may be ill-remembered or mistaken originally. Worth trying if you know you'll use the program lots though.

[MiNiMaL_FuSS]

i dont reboot too often.

A reboot does shorten your hardware lifepsan, as does turning off the power to your tv and turnng it on again - as your stopping the flow of electricity and the ehat generated by it, all components expand a minuent amount when heated, and contract when there is no power.

However rebooting is good for your OS, as it gives it a chance to reorganise files and instalise new hardware/software, hence after a large install, you reboot.

[GizmoStu]

I never leave my PC on when I'm not using it. I live by the simple edict that the only safe PC is a PC that isn't turned on! Also, I am a little concerned as to what a 0.5 Megawatt power supply will do to the planet if left running 24/7!

[Steve]

Also, I am a little concerned as to what a 0.5 Megawatt power supply will do to the planet if left running 24/7!

Naff all if the computer is idle and efficient, drawing little in the power of power from it.

[kempez]

Trouble is: if my PC is on its folding - so it certainly wont be ide

[Dav0s]

i turn off every night, mainly because any noise coming from my PC means i cant sleep.

[kempez]

i turn off every night, mainly because any noise coming from my PC means i cant sleep.

Me for similar reasons: my Mum and dad can't sleep (damn I can't wait till my new flat in November )

[TheDarkRealm]

My server has been on constantly, the only time it has ever rebooted was during a storm about 3 months back

I reboot my main machine when I get problems, or it starts taking too long to load my pr0n

My laptop reboots when I wander and forget that it needs charging - DOH!

[aidanjt]

My Gentoo server, never need to reboot unless I need to reconfigure/recompile my kernel, or if I need to change hardware, which I really need to do soon (sticking in 2 160Gb disks and keeping one of the 120Gb disks in ). It currently has a 70 day uptime
My workstation machine, only if I'm not about I'll power it off or I need to do the above.

[plesuvius]

After having to reboot windows 95 to do ANYTHING, including (more often then not) browse files... i have lost the urge. And so my computer stays on unless it absolutely has to be turned off for a driver upgrade or something.

I do turn it off when i sleep about 1/2 the time, and I have 2gb of memory, it helps, certainly you dont worry about mem usage any more, whereas with 1gb i used to a *bit*.