I am now about to turn off my pc

[BlindMelon7]

I am now about to turn off my pc for the first time in almost a month. Is that a bad thing?

[chuckskull]

Depends if you moved away from it any time in the last month

Mine only goes off when I have the urge to fiddle.

[sTrAnGeFrUiT!]

i cant see it being a problem i only turn mine of because it acts as an electric heater you cant turn down!!

[harry1]

I am now about to turn off my pc for the first time in almost a month. Is that a bad thing?

i read that its a good thing because things are not heating up then cooling down all the time.

[kalniel]

I am now about to turn off my pc for the first time in almost a month. Is that a bad thing?

No it's absolutely fine. Modern computers are designed to be turned on and off frequently, and you'll be doing the planet a favour too

[DR]

I have several systems here - one of which has been on for 168 days

[chrisg22]

I try to keep my work machine on as much as I can but silly power cuts always take my record away from me.

[DanceswithUnix]

i read that its a good thing because things are not heating up then cooling down all the time.

Not really the case any more. Power saving technology means even when powered up things heat up and cool down all the time.

[kalniel]

<insert story about how long it took to discover a bug in windows 98 that made it crash after 48 days continual use>

[chuckskull]

<insert story about how long it took to discover a bug in windows 98 that made it crash after 48 days continual use>

<insert witty response to that story e4nding with stick out tongue emote>

[Raikiri]

Just had to turn mine off But it was only to install a vf900 on my graphics card. Why is yours going off? O_o

[Steve B]

<insert witty response to that story e4nding with stick out tongue emote>

<insert not so witty response involving windows 95 and 49.7 days >

[Barry]

Why make a thread about a months uptime, most people here have multiple pcs with high uptimes

[bertie]

I reboot mine whenever I can be bothered now, usually if i don't switch it off for ages and then decide to, it decides not to boot up again, or something else annoying happens.

Same for when I don't turn it on for a month eg. coming back from holidays :S

[Tom|Nbk]

I have several systems here - one of which has been on for 168 days

wow, guess that ones a linux box or somthing?, mine goes off every night but when its on i give it a hard time

[Dark Horse]

I always turn mine off when I'm not using it, waste of money otherwise!