Would You Like An Extended Warranty With That?

Written by John San Filippo


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As for location,repparttar least expensive extended warranties require you to ship your laptop (at your expense) to a remote repair facility. Withrepparttar 107700 most deluxe extended warranty packages, a service technician will meet you at your own front door to attemptrepparttar 107701 repairs. This type of coverage tends to be onrepparttar 107702 expensive side.

At this point, you might decide to research manufacturer websites to determine their standard warranty policies. Don’t bother, because most laptop manufacturers don’t have standard warranty polices. Warranties vary from line to line and product to product. Even with a particular model in mind, it’s still going to take some digging.

So how do you decide whether an extended warranty is right for you? Your best bet is to consider your anticipated usage:

If you’re buying a laptop as a second computer for occasional use when you need to travel, you can probably pass onrepparttar 107703 extended warranty and still feel relatively safe.

Atrepparttar 107704 other extreme, if you use your laptop day in and day out as your primary system, with half your life spent in airport terminals, you should consider adding as much extended warranty as you possibly can. Fortunately, unlike automobile warranties, laptop warranties don’t put any restriction on mileage.

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10 Secrets To A Healthy Computer And A Happier You

Written by Dan Preston


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If you are not certain of how to use these utilities and being thatrepparttar steps to execute these programs varies slightly from one operating system torepparttar 107699 other it would be easiest to simply userepparttar 107700 “Help” option that can be found by clicking onrepparttar 107701 START button found on your computers desktop.

The START menu will open up a drop-down-box that should displayrepparttar 107702 “Help” option. By going here you can enterrepparttar 107703 keywords that deal withrepparttar 107704 answers torepparttar 107705 subject you are searching for.

*Run your computers “Disk Cleanup” utility every other week or so. If setrepparttar 107706 “Disk Cleanup” utility will automatically emptyrepparttar 107707 recycling bin and recover some wasted disk space by removingrepparttar 107708 internet temporary files that seem to always accumulate.

Again, userepparttar 107709 “Help” option if you are uncertain of how to perform this task.

*Never smoke near a computer becauserepparttar 107710 cooling fans will pullrepparttar 107711 smoke intorepparttar 107712 case where it can coatrepparttar 107713 inside parts ofrepparttar 107714 computer with a residue which in turn can damage sensitive components.

*Placerepparttar 107715 computer case in an area where it will not be accidentally kicked or bumped to preventrepparttar 107716 loosening of cables and damage to internal parts.

*Invest in a high quality surge protector to provide your computer and monitor against voltage spikes or “surges” that can dramatically shortenrepparttar 107717 life of your system. Just like most items in a store, “You get what you pay for”. So don’t skimp out on this important device!

Its also not a bad idea to invest in a surge protector that includes what is called a “Data Line Protector” which allows you to connect your telephone lines to and servesrepparttar 107718 same purpose forrepparttar 107719 telephone line to your modem just likerepparttar 107720 surge protector does forrepparttar 107721 electrical household current lines.

*Finally, if you plan on being away from home for more that a few days at a time or if there is a thunderstorm brewing in your area it is a very wise decision to always unplug all electrical lines and modem telephone lines from your system. Even with a surge protector installed it is possible that such a large voltage spike such as one caused by a lightening strike could prove fatal to any computer system.

If you follow these simple stepsrepparttar 107722 outcome is a healthy computer that will stay by your side and treat you well which also results in a happier you.

Dan Preston is the webmaster of a neat site called InfoHeaven Digital Books and The Online Book Store where you can find useful and Fr'ee information along with many how-to digital books that cover a large variety of interesting topics.http://infoheaven-digital-books.com and http://online-book-store.net.


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