This will not be a question that does not make us sleep at night, but I think it is interesting to know what to do with your electronic objects: tablet, mobile phone or computer. There are times when you never want to turn off your pc or smartphone because there is some background program or application that you want to keep active.
On the other hand, turning off the device is always the best way to resolve errors or problems, especially if it has been left on for a long time.
There is no one-size-fits-all answer to the question of whether it is better to turn off or keep your PC or mobile phone on at all times.
In general, stopping an electronic device is a good thing, which can never cause harm.
Just as you turn the TV on and off every day, you should also adjust the same way with your PC and Mac and, at least every now and then, even with your iPhone or iPad.
1) When to turn off the PC or Mac "> calculate the cost of the computer's energy consumption for your bill, therefore every judgment remains subjective and personal.
Turning on and off a computer does no harm to hardware or electronic circuits.
Without a doubt, it is true that keeping a computer off when not in use increases its service life, decreasing the wear and heating of components, memory chips, graphics cards and so on.
Among the most delicate components, however, there is the hard disk which continues to run continuously.
Stopping the lap and resuming it, however, causes greater wear rather than keeping it in constant motion.
In reference to this we could say that turning off the computer once a day or a couple of times a week is a good thing while instead turning it on and off several times every day, in the long run, could cause hard disk malfunction.
This is also the reason why, when the PC reboots itself frequently, the first to suffer is the disk and the integrity of the data stored in it is endangered.
If your computer is equipped with an SSD (Solid State Drive) this problem is not present and you can restart it even 100 times a day without risk of wear.
Turning on a computer with SSD is much faster so the advice is to turn it off when not in use, even several times a day.
The SSD is consumed with the writings, however, if you want to leave the computer always on, it is better that it is not a Windows PC (see "How to keep the SSD disk fast and make it last longer").
There are several tools or programs to shut down your computer automatically when not in use, at a certain time, or after running a software or process.
You can turn off the computer after a period of inactivity, set the automatic shutdown with a timer and you can also make the PC turn off to restart immediately and go into hibernation so that it is ready for the next use.
If you decide to never turn off a computer, it is very important to configure the energy saving options to disable the hard disk, to darken the monitor or to put the PC in suspension if not used.
However, the fact remains that turning off and restarting the computer helps to correct temporary errors on the system, because the RAM memory is emptied which, in the long run, could become full of useless data.
2) When should an Android smartphone or iPhone or tablet like iPad be turned off?
Devices such as iPhones and iPads are not like a PC or Mac.
The components are completely different as well as the way they operate.
The rules are therefore all different and, in general, it can be said that an iPhone or an Android smartphone should never be turned off.
The only reason to turn off the smartphone or tablet would be a possible operating problem (such as an app that has remained blocked) which, often, is solved with a simple restart.
However, it must be considered how the battery, if charged every night, ends up ruined.
The ideal would be to put the phone on standby with Airplane mode at night, which deactivates WiFi and 3G reception, so that it consumes as little energy as possible.
Considering the various tips to increase battery life on iPhones, smartphones and mobile phones described in another article, it should be noted how to turn off the smartphone mobile phone at night is still recommended if you do not plan to receive emails or messages or if you are not using it the alarm function.
In any case it is impossible to give an unequivocal answer to the title question.
Every opinion remains subjective therefore, if you want to have your say, the comments are available.
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