#laptop maintenance

After you've set up your laptop and followed our Things to Do After Getting a New Laptop guide, the only thing left to talk about is maintenance. Back up your files This tip is more important for laptops with only an SSD than dual-drive laptops. Monitor the Task Manager If you feel like your laptop is slower than usual, then a background process might be hogging your system's resources. Check Windows Task Manager for anything suspicious if you feel like your laptop isn't performing as it should. Hardware Always put your laptop on something hard [caption id="attachment_225774" align="alignnone" width="720"] Photo from Bruce Mars on Pexel[/caption] I know how cozy it is to lie on your bed, under the sheets, watching Netflix on your laptop. However, doing so would choke your laptop's intake fans and limit the airflow that passes through the heatsink - increasing the operating temperature way above what it usually should be. To combat this, put your laptop on top of a book or a hard folder so there's still a gap for air to come through. Display Your laptop's screen is the most delicate part of the machine. Read more in our articles including "Laptop Care Tips" and "HP Firefly Laptop has 17" and 4.3" Screens".