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05th Jun 2015

Video: What happens your laptop when you don’t shut it down properly

We need to cop on

Joe Harrington

*Shuts down laptop immediately*

You know yourself, at the end of a day of hard graft at the office, you’re too lazy to take the time to properly shut down your computer.

You want to get out the gap as quickly as possible so you probably hit the power button to put it to sleep or just turn off the monitor. Anyone guilty of those?

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Yeah, us too, but it’s harming our computers guys and we need to stop.

This short video from Cnet explains exactly what not shutting down properly is doing to your laptop or desktop.

Clip via CNET

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