Why is "Shutdown Computer" an option for most CD/DVD writing programs? I could maybe see this being a viable option if it typically took forever and a day to burn such that the common practice was to start up a burn and go to bed for the night.

So, why the option?

10/11/2006 1:14:31 PM

Primarily it's a hold-over from the days when CD burners were slow, and required you to leave your computer alone during the burning process.

It's a feature that people just never got rid of, or is maintained for the benefit of people that never upgraded their equipment.

10/11/2006 1:22:31 PM

Yeah, that was my guess. I've never burned slower than 2x and even then the process didn't take -might as well shutdown when it's done- time.

10/11/2006 1:30:13 PM

i'm still amazed people shut their computers off. suspend/hibernate, maaaybe, but actually shutdown and leave it off?

even back in the mid-late 90s at 1x for full cd burns, i never wanted to shut down afterwards.

10/11/2006 2:44:44 PM

i turn mine off at home, power bill man, gotta keep it down... at work i just log and sleep it until the weekend when i power it down...

10/11/2006 3:49:22 PM

i use it for DVD burning sometimes...

especially if im gonna be gone for a long time or occasionally when burning a DVD before i go to sleep.. I burn slower speeds usually b/c sometimes faster has given me errors.

also i have a lappy and have fried a motherboard previously which has taught me they can get hot and you need to give them a break sometimes

10/11/2006 4:24:40 PM

Quote :

"i turn mine off at home, power bill man, gotta keep it down... at work i just log and sleep it until the weekend when i power it down..."

Power Consumption of the Modern Day Computer: http://www.techreviewer.com/viewpage.cfm/ui/040226130555

You don't really save as much as you think you do by turning off the PC. Especially these days with all the new power efficient technology.

10/11/2006 4:39:44 PM

^
That is awesome. That should be a thread by itself.

10/11/2006 4:55:26 PM

no kidding, ^^great find! now i don't feel so guilty for leaving it on 24/7 also, he only gave results for running a CRT, i should assume i'm using even less with an LCD, right? ah, it's all pennies throughout the year when it comes down to it anyhow.

... now, that air-conditioner, it's a power-hungry fool.

10/11/2006 7:02:36 PM