Follow Smart Tips To Keep Your Laptop Running Smoothly

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Want to get the most juice out of your favored laptop? You probably spend more time with your laptop than with your family or spouse, your friends or even pets. So you must treat it with a tender loving care. You're likely to harm a laptop than a desktop PC, honestly nobody can drive off leaving the desktop on their car's dashboard! Once damaged, laptops are difficult and pricier to repair. You may know few tricks for extending laptop's battery life, like dimming the screen and switching off Wi-Fi, yet you can and must look after its long-term health. You just follow simple rules.

Lithium batteries wear out in spite of your effort, but you can delay the inevitable. Shun heat and use it sparsely. If you run it on AC power for a moment, remove its battery, work without it. Be careful about drinking and eating. Spilling coffee on the desktop keyboard will cost you $15 for a generic replacement that can be plugged in easily. Spilling it on laptop can short out the motherboard. You don't require immediate portability. At home, plug in a complete-sized monitor, CPU, keyboard, ...
... mouse. This removes food and beverage problem and protects valuable items like your hands, arms and eyes. You can't have ergonomic working situation with a laptop. After you get your laptop direct from the store, bring it home gently. Before taking it out, pack your laptop properly. Depending on the carrying options, search for a backpack, carrying case or shoulder bag with padded sections designed for a laptop. Constant weight distribution is better for your spine.

When keys begin to stick, cleaning time has arrived. Shut down the machine. Keep the laptop open and turn it upside-down. Tap very gently on the back to make crumbs fall out. Then utilize a can of compressed air to blow out stuck dust particles. Then turning it upside-down and tapping it gently again will remove the last bits. When you buy laptop for the first time, the store can give you proper instructions. If you can't check the email for dirt, you must clean the screen. Begin with a moisture-free, microfiber cloth. Use circular motions. Work gently, but put slight pressure on stubborn spots. If it doesn't work, make your cleaning solution by mingling distilled water and white vinegar in identical proportions in a spray bottle. Turn off the laptop and spray this mixture evenly on the microfiber cloth, not the monitor. Wipe and wait ten minutes before booting.