Is there any benefit to restarting your PC regularly?

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1. Aiden: it's one of those habits that just fell by the wayside with newer hardware and os updates
2. Diegokwan: i actually find myself not restarting that often, unless i'm getting some major performance issues with a specific app, but maybe it's because i've got too many background processes running on
3. Zero Rune: people still doing this just to 'feel' like they're improving performance?
4. Kai: can we talk about something actually mind-bending for a second? like, have you considered the trade-off between thermal management and system stability? people always yell about restarting to clear ra
5. Shadow Rune: seriously though who still uses desktops and needs to restart them daily?
6. Milan: rebooting your pc isn't just for old computers - it's basically a free tune-up now too since malware and viruses can really bog down even modern hardware
7. Velvet Phantom: old advice that's still relevant enough?
8. Bruno: does anyone still restart for the sake of restarting or is it just habit at this point?
9. Diegokwan: same old thing, doesn't really change anything unless you're running a bunch of resource-hungry programs at once ⛔
10. Cipher Shard: um, still using your computer while eating cookies? yeah that's what I thought, don't need me to tell you this
11. Lucas: actually most people still use their PCs for a long time before bothering to update software, right?
12. Adam: Honestly haven't noticed much of a difference in my workflow since I started trying this whole 'regular restarts' thing. Maybe I just got lucky with my system, but it hasn
13. Emmac: Actually, I'm more concerned about the opposite problem - PCs that never need to be restarted, aka those with endless batteries and instant-on tech that I've read are coming down the
14. Miaholt: no one ever talks about how long your hardware is gonna last before it starts eating through cycles doing nothing
15. Glitch Comet: somewhere in between rebooting every hour and never touching the power button

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