Happy Pumpkin Wednesday! Tips to Prolong Your Laptop's Life

Hello all and Happy Pumpkin Wednesday!  You are halfway through the work week, and only two days until the weekend!

While we are working during the day, Pumpkin spends some time resting and lounging,

I like to start the day by realxing

Eating,

Then Noms, so essential

Exercising/Jumping in and Out of Cardboard Boxes,

Jump in, Jump Out, Repeat.

and exploring the interwebs for things to blog about on her weekly post

What, no Wikipedia?

Pumpkin spends so much time on the laptop researching for the blog that she is very aware of how to best keep my laptop in tip top shape.

To make sure that she can use my computer without causing too many problems, she adheres to a few rules:

1. To maximize the battery life of the laptop, Pumpkin always unplugs the power cord once the battery reaches 100% charge.  Your laptop battery becomes weaker the more it charges and discharges, and keeping it plugged into the wall keeps your battery in a state of constant charge/recharge. 
2. Pumpkin keeps her fur out of the keyboard by cleaning it often.  Using a can of compressed air, she can clean between the keys without having to the keys off (paws make tasks like that difficult.) 
3. Pumpkin remembers to use the laptop on a hard surface, not on the couch or on the bed.  When you put the computer on a soft surface, it blocks the ventilation and cooling system for your laptop.
4. Just like with cell phone and smart phone screens as discussed in an earlier post here, you want to use designated computer screen wipes to clean your laptop screen.  Don't grab your household cleaners because they contain additional chemicals that can destroy parts of your screen.
5. Pumpkin knows better (don't make her tell you the story about how she ruined my first laptop) than to have any liquids around the computer.  Many warranties do not cover water damage, and even if you are an awesome liar, it's likely that your computer repair company will know when something has been damaged by water versus dropped or just broken.

How have you extended the life of your computer/laptop?

Looking forward to a lovely Thursday!