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Poll: What do you do while waiting for your PC/notebook to start up?
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Reed James
Reed James
Chile
Local time: 10:18
Member (2005)
Spanish to English
Leave it on all the time Dec 3, 2016

Why bother starting up the computer if you can turn off the display and let it back up the system, record video or just sit there for you all night long? The only time I turn off my box is when I go on vacation.
 
Helen Hagon
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Local time: 15:18
Member (2011)
Russian to English
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Nothing Dec 3, 2016

My old computer used to take about twenty minutes to start up, so I switched it on before breakfast, and hopefully it would be ready by the time I had finished eating.
Now I have a shiny new computer that takes just a few seconds to load, so there isn't time to do much more than straighten the pencils on the desk.
 
Luiz Barucke
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Brazil
Local time: 11:18
Spanish to Portuguese
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I sit down on my chair Dec 3, 2016

As I always hibernate my computer and never shut it down, it takes 10 seconds to start.
 
Francisco ABREU
Francisco ABREU  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 11:18
Member (2005)
English to Portuguese
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No waiting Dec 3, 2016

I don't actually turn my PCs off.
 
Noura Tawil
Noura Tawil  Identity Verified
Syria
Local time: 17:18
Member (2013)
English to Arabic
No rest for the wicked Dec 3, 2016

Nothing, I usually let my computer "Hibernate" and never turn it off unless I have finished ALL of my projects with nothing to do the next morning. So it's just a matter of seconds.
Now ask me what do I do while waiting for TRADOS to start up :-/
 
Mario Chavez (X)
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Smart answer Dec 3, 2016

Thayenga wrote:

... and let my PC wait for me.


Nothing like an elegant turn of phrase.
 
Noura Tawil
Noura Tawil  Identity Verified
Syria
Local time: 17:18
Member (2013)
English to Arabic
No rest for the wicked Dec 3, 2016

I usually let my computer "Hibernate" and never turn it off unless I have finished all of my projects with nothing to do the next morning. So it's just a matter of seconds.
Now ask me what do I do while waiting for TRADOS to start up :-/

P.S: Sorry for the double posting - bad connection.

[Edited at 2016-12-03 20:55 GMT]
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 11:18
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Indeed, Dec 4, 2016

Thayenga wrote:
... and let my PC wait for me.


PCs don't take "that long" to start up anymore. The only thing we can do is to go get a cup of coffee, and come back to drink it while working... or leave it waiting.
 
samah A. fattah
samah A. fattah  Identity Verified
Egypt
Local time: 17:18
Member (2009)
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Smiling to my baby Dec 4, 2016

Smiling to my baby
 
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