A Clean Laptop Leads To A Clean Mind

Do you find that your laptop is becoming sluggish and tired? Do you want to know how you can work around the effects of time on your laptop? It’s not as difficult as you might think!

Listed below is a few tips to make sure your laptop lasts longer than your Goldfish - give them a go and you should see the performance improve! If not, maybe it’s time to rush out and get a new one…

Hard Drive Spring Clean

If you have a cluttered hard drive you might find that your computer is running slower than usual. You should never have a full hard drive and it should never be cluttered up with useless stuff.

Go through your hard drive and get rid of all the unnecessary files, folders, documents, pictures and music that you don’t need anymore - if anything you’ll feel cleaner just getting rid of the junk. Just make sure you don’t chuck out anything you need!

Cool Runnings

A hot laptop isn’t a happy laptop - they are great for sitting on the sofa to do your or for checking your email in bed, but you might find that your laptop gets hot fast, and this isn’t great news.

You need to make sure your laptop has good ventilation and can breathe - if it’s kept in a tight area it will get hot fast and that can cause serious damage. There are vents for fans in the laptop that are there to keep an eye on the temperature of the system, so make sure these vents aren’t blocked!

Battery Performance

Although it’s easy to simply plug your laptop into the mains and have the battery completely charged and ready in case you need to move to the bed or the kitchen, this isn’t actually good for the battery.

You need to allow the battery to drain itself down from time to time - if it doesn’t then you will actually be damaging its performance. By letting it drain away you are reminding your battery that its job is to perform well!

Clear Up

Along with the task of clearing away your pointless documents and files you should also get rid of any unnecessary software that is pre-installed onto your laptop. When you buy a new laptop it’s loaded with wasted apps so go through uninstalling everything you don’t want…they are probably only trials anyway.

You should also clear as many apps as possible from starting up upon login - when apps launch at login you are slowing your system down and you are logging in slower! Clear the deck and speed up your laptop!

Laptop Performance Letting You Down?

Is your laptop leaving you begging for more power? Have you tried the simple things listed above to no avail? Is there more you can do? Leave us a comment and let us know what you think…