# How often do you turn off your computer?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 11, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-turn-off-your-computer/167952 "2003-04-11T03:06:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-turn-off-your-computer/167952/41 "2003-04-11T20:07:44Z")

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Never really. The lappy gets shut off only when I take it somewhere, otherwise it’s on the coffee table ready for use when I feel like reading SDMB from the couch. Desktop is always on, though I kill the monitor when I’m going to be away for more than an hour. The three servers in the apartment are never shut off of course. Sadly I have no impressive uptimes to post like [b Bill H.\*\* right since my UPS didn’t survive my move to Houston and some bad power has taken everything down a couple times in the past month ☹

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