Do you turn your computer off at night?

[Torone]

Originally posted by TheEnforcer@Jun 13 2003, 04:24 PM
BTW- for cable modem users like Torone that DO turn off their computer at night. If I remember correctly unless you completely disconnect your modem you are leaving your computer vulnerable.

Nope! When your computer is off, it is off. I probably shouldn't worry about hackers...I have a router and two software firewalls; but the wear and tear on the hard drives and fans is cut significantly. My 'D' drive was installed in '99; and it's still going great.

Back in the day, it was better to leave them on because drives could fail to spin up and because it took a long time for them to boot, anyhow. Check the specs on today's drives...they hardly use any power; and they usually spin down after awhile to save energy.