Longest time you let your OS/PC on for ...

[Tatsujin]

Over a month and two weeks, and still running with 0 problems. Been using it everyday for PhotoShop works, surfing internet, download/uploading on uTorrent, updating website, and playing a heaps load of anime and I've done a bunch of encoding for test purposes.

OS -- Vista Ultimate 64-bit, last time updated was before the last restart.
Specs -- Quad 2 Core, 8GB Ram DC Supported, 2x 8800 GT SC SLI-Enabled.

[Pigeon]

I believe I left a system running for 8 months or so. I don't remember.

I used it as a router.

[Lupin]

Over a year and it's still on until now. I'm using it as a fileserver. The last time it was off was when power was during during a strong typhoon.

The computer runs on linux (RHEL).

[sdedalus83]

My most recent build has only reboot once since construction due to a bug in ps3 media server.  So one reboot in a 6 month period.  And that's with vista x64.

[Duki3003]

Not much over a month for me 'cause I'm still loyal to XP and Linux

[iindigo]

Longest, I think, was on my now-ancient indigo 400mhz CRT iMac G3. Thing was a tank. I think it was running either OS X 10.2 or 10.3 at the time, and even with daily use it was still stable after running for four months straight. Only reason I restarted is because an OS update came out.

[Aneroph]

A couple of years I left my old computer on; however, I usually jammed the sleep mode button on my keyboard before going to sleep every night. Currently I am leaving my comp on about 3-4 months at a time, but eventually I have to turn it off when I go from college to home.

[Xiong Chiamiov]

My fileserver is up all the time, but I think the longest it's stayed up is 4 or so months.  I have to unplug it to clean the living room to my standards, plus I usually restart it for kernel updates.

I don't leave my other computers on overnight because it's a waste of energy, and they only take ~30 seconds to get up and running.

I use Arch Linux on everything that I can.

[wolkec]

the most time i had it up was when i had the old 1/2 mega line, it was slow and i had to keep the comp running for 2 or 3 days. Not that its a lot, but i tend to close my comp often.

[Mag-X]

My Vista machine has a counter in the sidebar that currently reads 107 days up. I don't know if that is a record though.
My file server running Windows Server 2003 only gets restarted for power outages, but has otherwise been running non-stop since 2005.
My XP machine at work gets rebooted every few days because of all the shitty applications I have to run that stop working unless I reboot. Windows itself doesn't have any issues.
I once had Windows 98 run for a week straight without crashing. I was quite proud of that.

[bloody000]

I don't have a dedicated server or torrent machine, so I leave the desktop on for a week or two when I'm torrenting. Call me old fashioned,  but I usually turn things off when I don't need them.

[Stsin]

I leave my computers on all the time.  Why I never cared for claims on shorter boot times....since it's done once in a blue moon.

But I can't help installing new things that require a reboot, even windows upgrades require a reboot now and then.  Other than that, Windows 7 is pretty stable.  My XP system often required a reboot after long WoW/gaming sessions and general use.  Though I don't think I've rebooted it since I've shared it's drives and it just sits there

[boxer4]

Turned on or uptime (without reboots?)

My server (and PVR) and its hard drives, short of cleaning and software/hardware upgrades, has been powered up 24/7 for probably 5-6 years now - ever since it was put together.  My hard drives show it (I can see some of my hard drives having several years power-on-hours).

As for without reboots, I've seen 6 month stretches or so when I don't need reboots, but I do reboot because of the software upgrade aspect.

Most of my other machines get turned on and off upon demand, I don't leave them on unless they're doing something or I forget...

Monitors, however, get turned off if I remember, when I'm not there.

[Talapus]

My old dedicated linux box (a 166 Mhz pentium running Red Hat) set a record for me of a little over 3 years of continuous uptime. It ended when we had a power outage and it drained my UPS.  :'(

[captiosus]

eh, my laptop ive been running more or less continuously for the past 8 months. the only times it goes down is when i accidentially unplug it and i run the battery down. Ive now got a program that throttles the core from 2ghz to 800mhz so i know instantly that im on my battery.

[Temuthril]

I remember seeing a topic on this forum that someone had his computer running for years (Linux). Had to stop for some kernel updates.

[mgz]

mine runs constantly longest i think was almost a year, sadly videocard updates require me to restart

[Tatsujin]

I'm gonna have to actually shut off my computer and clean the CPU fan from all the dust I noticed a month ago, I won't do it till June tho'. It helps to keep a healthy CPU running.

[MrSparkle]

Longest I've kept this sytem on is a month (P4 [yes, a P4 HT :( ]XP system from 05 or 06), give or take a week. Rebooting is a small hassle, involving stuff like irc server joining / identifying and the like, and getting various programs going again ect. Once the number of things needing a reboot get high enough (programs, antivirus scanning, updating) then I'll reboot. I don't have any kind of simple low power machine to keep running for handling irc, p2p, and the like, but once I do I can start powering off this system.

Ahh there is so much I'm planning to do once I get the money. Until then this rig is pleanty capable :)

[captiosus]

I don't have any kind of simple low power machine to keep running for handling irc, p2p, and the like, but once I do I can start powering off this system.

how much power does the current rig pull?