| Now you just got your great new laptop and you | | | | scratches. You can periodically clean your keyboard |
| are ready to work with...or play. Congratulations! | | | | with compress air from dust and other not wanted |
| But getting it is just the beginning and because you | | | | things. |
| spent money on it, doesn't matter how much, you | | | | Avoid spills on your keyboard...but if you happen to |
| must ensure that it's life is going to be as long as | | | | experience this(hope you don't) shutdown the laptop |
| possible | | | | immediately, take the battery out and disconnect all |
| For this I present you a few tips to extend your | | | | the peripherals. Then lift the computer and turn it to |
| new laptop's life. | | | | the side and upside down to drain any liquid. Then |
| Battery life - we all know that a battery cannot be | | | | use a hair dryer to dry the laptop. |
| charged infinitely. So every time you can use a | | | | Secure your data - always use a secure firewall, use |
| power supply, use it, and take out the battery if it's | | | | strong passwords and turn off sharing when |
| charged. And when you are on battery, dimmer your | | | | connected to internet. You may also consider |
| screen to the lowest setting, disable auto bluetooth | | | | encrypting your personal data in case your laptop is |
| and WiFi network detection. Best way to dimmer | | | | stolen. |
| your screen brightness is by creating a power | | | | Use a laptop bag - is recommended to use a laptop |
| scheme(Control Panel/Power options) for maximum | | | | bag special built to protect your precious. |
| battery. | | | | Back-up your data - the risk of hard drive failure is |
| Save your keyboard and screen - the best way to | | | | more increased in case of laptops, so backing up |
| protect your laptop from dust, sand, or crumbs is an | | | | your data is essential. You can use an external drive |
| iSkin, which keeps crumbs out from between the | | | | for this...or burn important data on CDs or DVDs. |
| keys and also protects the screen from keyboard | | | | Read more at Laptopgude.blogspot. |