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We dont get this. All our desktops are left on 24/7 and laptops are hibernated. I don't get the obsession with boot times - its a rare occurrence.

• sliverstorm 14y ago
  It depends on usage, and frankly it also depends a lot on hardware. Some hardware behaves better than others with repeated sleep/wake. As for desktops, some elect to turn them off to save power at night.
• SolarNet 14y ago
  At my university our machines are dual booted with unix, users, students, will swap between them as needed. Causing booting to be a rather common occurrence.
  • meaty 14y ago
    Odd. We had a couple of labs for each. This was years ago though (SunOS4 days).
• dagw 14y ago
  I've worked at places that had it as part of their environmental/energy-saving policy that you must turn off your computer when you leave. I could often turn on my computer, get a cup of coffee, and finish drinking said cup of coffee, before my computer was in a state where I could get work done.
  • meaty 14y ago
    That's a bit silly. There are a couple of things to consider: 1. ACPI power saving modes draw very little current. As long as your computer is configured to drop to that, it's fine. It will resume within 1-2 seconds as well. 2. There are companies which have software which manage this and power your workstations up before you get in and down after you've left.