What is your Mac's current uptime?

Sad Professor

Just for a laugh.

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, uptime is how long your computer has been running without a reboot. If you have iStat Pro installed it'll list it, or alternatively launch Terminal and type "uptime".

My iMac's uptime is: 17 days, 7 hours.
My G4 iBook's is a whopping 182 days and 23 minutes!!

lol. Still running perfectly too.

Mr. Frost

A paltry 22hrs 3mins. I had to shut her down for a good clean last night!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

20:18 up 11:15, 2 users, load averages: 0.07 0.08 0.08

babypink

lol!


just turned the desktop on so it's about 5 minutes. The Powerbook in the office is probably around 21 days

ethernet

Grrr, you had to ask the day after I restarted!

Current uptime: 1 day, 8 hours, 37 minutes
(but my server: 83 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes) :pac:

It was about 9 days yesterday until the dock completely froze on me.

im...LOST

Just 2 days and 9 hours.

Wow @ 182 days!

Kid Nothing

MBP: 8 days, 16 hrs

just restarting it to play Rainbow Six in Windows!

Dr_Teeth

11:40 up 33 days, 10:25, 2 users, load averages: 0.17 0.16 0.16

I only reboot for updates that require it.

D.

adox

I power mine down every night.:eek:

chrislad

Would be around the 120 day mark, but we've a dodgy circuit somewhere that keeps tripping switches so it's just over 24 hours now. Can't recall ever having to restart it in the last 3 months, bar for software upgrades.

Creamy Goodness

15:43 up 3 days, 5:12, 3 users, load averages: 0.65 0.48 0.41


only powered down as i ran out of battery

since i've found out ps3mediaserver works on mac, i can see my uptime rising hugely

bluemachaveli

2 Hours 47 Mins

adox

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

since i've found out ps3mediaserver works on mac, i can see my uptime rising hugely

Thanks for the heads up on ps3mediaserver. What a fantastic application.

silvine

I shut mine down every night.

Wallacebiy

up 23 days, 2:58

Think I had a forced restart at an Itunes upgrade recently

alter200

7 days 7 hours and 7 minutes

im...LOST

silvine wrote: »

I shut mine down every night.

Loooooooooooser :P

440Hz

2d 23h 48m

It's usually much longer but a ran an update.

faceman

I usually switch off at the end of the day. Electricity bills The environment and all that.

Blazer

Sad Professor wrote: »

Just for a laugh.

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, uptime is how long your computer has been running without a reboot. If you have iStat Pro installed it'll list it, or alternatively launch Terminal and type "uptime".

My iMac's uptime is: 17 days, 7 hours.
My G4 iBook's is a whopping 182 days and 23 minutes!!

lol. Still running perfectly too.

well done...the environment thanks you as well.:cool:

Sad Professor

I'm sure it does.

However, uptime doesn't count sleep. It's just the time since the last reboot. And I can't speak for anyone else but my carbon count number is fairly low.

faceman

On a serious note, how much energy does a mac use in sleep mode compared with being powered off?

WizZard

faceman wrote: »

On a serious note, how much energy does a mac use in sleep mode compared with being powered off?

Some old models are shown here: http://kom.com/reviews/apple_power_consumption/

The newer ones are much better IIRC


Some newer details here: http://www.apple.com/environment/energyefficiency/

Sad Professor

Yeah it's very low.

3 watts per hour in sleep mode is pretty damn good compared to the 70-100 used when it's fully on. A lot of appliances would use twice as much just for being plugged in. Even when on, dimming or switching off the display can save up to 30 watts as well.

Wallacebiy

Mathew Reilly wrote: »

well done...the environment thanks you as well.:cool:

You need to investigate a litte ebefroe a statement like that

Sad Professor wrote: »

I'm sure it does.

However, uptime doesn't count sleep. It's just the time since the last reboot. And I can't speak for anyone else but my carbon count number is fairly low.

So is mine

Sad Professor wrote: »

Yeah it's very low.

3 watts per hour in sleep mode is pretty damn good compared to the 70-100 used when it's fully on. A lot of appliances would use twice as much just for being plugged in. Even when on, dimming or switching off the display can save up to 30 watts as well.

Dead right , for an appliance you need to figure out ,
1 if it's used every day
2 if it uses more starting up y times a day than staying idle for X hours
3 what else you have plugged in ( your mac may be efficient but your external Hard disk might not , or your monitor )

PeakOutput

what are the arguments for/against for turning off your machine

NullZer0

Sad Professor wrote: »

Just for a laugh.

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, uptime is how long your computer has been running without a reboot. If you have iStat Pro installed it'll list it, or alternatively launch Terminal and type "uptime".

My iMac's uptime is: 17 days, 7 hours.
My G4 iBook's is a whopping 182 days and 23 minutes!!

lol. Still running perfectly too.

I don't see how this information can benefit you unless your running a server etc.

Sure, the iBook would start faster from sleep etc but I fail to see the point of this post.

NullZer0

Sad Professor wrote: »

Yeah it's very low.

3 watts per hour in sleep mode is pretty damn good compared to the 70-100 used when it's fully on. A lot of appliances would use twice as much just for being plugged in. Even when on, dimming or switching off the display can save up to 30 watts as well.

Agreed, 3 watts is great but why bother. When its turned off, its uses zero.

NullZer0

ethernet wrote: »

(but my server: 83 days, 0 hours, 42 minutes) :pac:

Do you run an xserve?

Sad Professor

iRock wrote: »

I don't see how this information can benefit you unless your running a server etc.

Hence the "just for a laugh" bit. I'm not running a survey.

Sure, the iBook would start faster from sleep etc but I fail to see the point of this post.

I fail to see the point of yours. If you think it's pointless then why post in here? Lighten up a bit will ya.

iRock wrote: »

Agreed, 3 watts is great but why bother. When its turned off, its uses zero.

When it's unplugged it uses zero. When it's plugged in it still uses 1-2 watts.

NullZer0

Apologies...

I just assumed that uptime stats was a trivial thing that most people are aware of. Its an issue that I deal with on a daily basis and it can have its negative effect on workstations too (of course there are also benefits).

NullZer0

faceman wrote: »

On a serious note, how much energy does a mac use in sleep mode compared with being powered off?

Based on previous figures I found when researching server power... the workstations are something along the lines of:
About 20% less than Windows.
Debian is about 30% less than Windows.

Not sure about the notebooks but I'd imagine alot less