Leave your computer on or turn it off every night?

[KillerGremlin]

I think more people should make use of the Sleep/Hibernate/Stand By features. I put my computer on Stand By and it comes back to life in about 5 seconds. I typically only restart for updates or when my hardware is acting wonky.

[Dyne]

Well, work and home are different stories. Unless I'm downloading something, the home computer stays asleep. There's no reason to put needless harm on the fan or have all these random processes pop up and put extra crap on RAM.

At work, I trust the thousands of dollars they invest in security. Also, I run a ton of automation overnight so it's mandatory that I lock it and not put it to sleep.