The Care and Feeding of Your Laptop

The Care And Feeding Of Your Laptop

Batteries, break-downs, boot-ups, and bags:
    --this class has everything you need to know to keep your laptop top-notch! Maximize battery usage, prepare yourself for that inevitable "crash", synchronize with a PC, move data from a thumb drive and speed up boot-up time. Bring your laptop and power adapter to class.

A hands on class, a just do it class.

1. Getting to know your laptop
             The sum of all parts

2. Tools and stuff you need for Care & Maintenance
             No Chemicals here?

3. Maintenance Tips
             How to Keep it Clean and Cool
             Weekly and Monthly routines

4. Get Organized!
             Tracking your data
              Saving, synchronizing & Backing up Data

5.  Software Tools
              It comes with the computer
              Some are free
              Some necessary tools

6.  Additional Hardware Conciderations
             Memory Sticks (Flash Drives)
             External Harddrives
             Bigger, better, faster peripherals

7.  Ergonomics and Transportation
             What goes in the bag

8.  ID Safety & Security
          Laptop security cables
          Lojack, encryption
            Virus
          Spyware
          Firewall
                Software
                Hardware
                   WEP & WAP
          Back it up