empireOfLove@lemmy.one to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoa nice problem to havelemmy.oneimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1796arrow-down114
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minus-squarejdrch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down20·11 months agoWho actually turns off their computer?
minus-squareHW07@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down4·11 months agoEveryone should. It’s wasted energy, bad for components and outright lazy in some cases.
minus-squareHW07@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoAt that point you might as well turn it off.
minus-squareOzzah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoHibernate keeps all your applications open.
minus-squarejdrch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoNo, power on/off is much worse for components than running due to the transients involved.
minus-squaresir_pronoun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoI’m gonna go ahead and guess their comment was made as a joke
minus-squareDrDominate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoOr they put their computers to sleep instead of a full shutdown.
minus-squarejdrch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWindows is my daily driver and all my PCs run 24/7/52 unless they’re sleeping while I commute with them 🤷♂️ (I also run Linux, BSD, and macOS.)
Who actually turns off their computer?
Everyone should. It’s wasted energy, bad for components and outright lazy in some cases.
Hibernate?
At that point you might as well turn it off.
Hibernate keeps all your applications open.
No, power on/off is much worse for components than running due to the transients involved.
I’m gonna go ahead and guess their comment was made as a joke
Or they put their computers to sleep instead of a full shutdown.
Windows users
Windows is my daily driver and all my PCs run 24/7/52 unless they’re sleeping while I commute with them 🤷♂️
(I also run Linux, BSD, and macOS.)