how often do you restart your computer?

i just got a new computer (pentium dual-core e5400 @ 2.70 ghz/6gb ram); how often i should restart compy if i want optimal performance

it boots up pretty quickly but i just find it a bit of a pain in the asshole to shut down everytime i think i'm not gonna be using it for a while

that is a question that's impossible to answer without more details

for example, if you use firefox, it STILL has major memory leak issues. if you use chrome, it doesn't. this would be a big factor.

the same basically applies for any badly written, leaky applications* (soulseek used have a big problem with this)

*not calling firefox badly written btw

  On 2/18/2010 at 1:24 AM, kaini said:

that is a question that's impossible to answer without more details

 

for example, if you use firefox, it STILL has major memory leak issues. if you use chrome, it doesn't. this would be a big factor.

the same basically applies for any badly written, leaky applications (soulseek used have a big problem with this)

memory leaks are something that i was reading on before i made this thread... the main culprit in my usage has seemed to be jdownloader

I turn my computer off every night because its 10 years old & makes all sorts of loud noises that keep me awake.

once or twice per month, maybe.

  On 2/18/2010 at 1:35 AM, Cryptowen said:

I turn my computer off every night because its 10 years old & makes all sorts of loud noises that keep me awake.

if your firefox is still leaky, all you need to do is restart firefox though, not the whole computer. I use Firefox 3.5.7 with some minimal extensions, haven't found many problems in the way of "leakage"....

I shut down my computer every night though, cause it's a laptop and I have to perform arcane rituals to get maximum battery life out of it.

$ uptime
20:12  up 3 days, 48 mins, 3 users, load averages: 0.35 0.35 0.41

Once a week, on average. It's a laptop, too.

i turn off my computer at night to save the world

  On 2/18/2010 at 1:56 AM, data said:

once or twice per month, maybe.

Same here. Only for kernel upgrades.

Firefox has always been a memory mess. But I don't think Firefox actually "leaks" these days. It's just not good at releasing memory. When I go from 50 to 5 tabs the memory usage hardly drops.

Rebooting is not that important these days. You might as well just restart the programs that are taking too much resources. Even my Win7 laptop goes on for weeks (using standby) without acting weird.

I put mine to sleep whenever I leave the house

otherwise it's always on

if you blow the dust out every week or so you'll be fine

i always turn my computer off at 10pm to stop me looking at naughty websites

  On 2/18/2010 at 2:27 AM, ezkerraldean said:

i always turn my computer off at 10pm to stop me looking at naughty websites

  On 2/18/2010 at 2:20 AM, Ego said:

  On 2/18/2010 at 1:56 AM, data said:

once or twice per month, maybe.

 

Same here. Only for kernel upgrades.

 

Firefox has always been a memory mess. But I don't think Firefox actually "leaks" these days. It's just not good at releasing memory. When I go from 50 to 5 tabs the memory usage hardly drops.

 

Rebooting is not that important these days. You might as well just restart the programs that are taking too much resources. Even my Win7 laptop goes on for weeks (using standby) without acting weird.

i think it may have something to do with the "undo closed tab function", it probably keeps some (most of them ?) bits of them in the memory.

ever since i installed win 7 x64 i get complete system lockups about once a day

never had this problem under xp x86 and don't have it under ubuntu

i think it's dodgy RAM

  On 2/18/2010 at 2:38 AM, kaini said:

ever since i installed win 7 x64 i get complete system lockups about once a day

never had this problem under xp x86 and don't have it under ubuntu

i think it's dodgy RAM

i'm running windows 7 64-bit and i don't get those lockups

that probably because your RAM is non-dodgy

computers are like pets, you get to know their moods and foibles. even with that, you take them out to potty before you go off somewhere, just to cover your bases.....

3760000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times.

Every night when I go to sleep..

Why wouldn't you turn your computer off when you're done with it? That's just laziness. Save the pl4n3t!!!!!!

  On 2/18/2010 at 2:19 AM, JohnTqs said:

i turn off my computer at night to save the world

Me too. And save on my electric bills.

Mine crashed about 5 times last night as I was trying to get a sodding MPD16 to work through my USB-midi converter. Sorted it now though. Seems to be a general problem with windows and the device.

I only restart it if there a Mac update and it asks me to. Otherwise, I don't. I switch it off at night and turn it on again in the morning.

I haven't had a single problem since installing W7 64 bit last year. But I turn it off every night as the fan gets on my nerves when I'm trying to sleep.

Mine runs for months at a time. It keeps a constant temperature inside the box.