1. 4 Things You Can Do to Extend
Your Laptop’s Life Span
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things-you-can-do-to-extend-your-laptops-life-span

2. These methods (to be
detailed below) may
largely seem like putting
Extend Your your laptop on life
Laptop’s Life Span
support; but at the very
least, they can give you
enough time to save up
for that really expensive
next-laptop purchase.

3. Sometimes, a laptop can slow down when running the latest
versions of programs simply because its laptop parts are no
longer up to the task. Still, there are times when the problem
just lies in said laptop parts not getting enough ventilation,
causing them to overwork and tire themselves out. To fix this,
simply use a can of compressed air to clear the vents’
pathways.
You may also want to do a full cleaning maintenance on your
laptop by:
• Opening it up
• Swabbing all the dirt and dust particles off.
This requires a bit of know-how, of course; but if you can pull
it off, your computer’s performance may speed up just yet.

4. When an operating system has been running a computer for a long time, it will inevitably pick
up bits and pieces of data over the years. Too much of these will cause the OS to slow down.
One thing you can do is reinstall your laptop’s OS. That, or you can opt for less-demanding
operating systems like the OS X and Ubuntu.
Either way, just make sure that you’ve backed up all your important files beforehand.

5. If you’ve got $60 to $80 to spare, you may also try going for additional RAM sticks. This is
especially helpful if your laptop parts were already powerful to begin with; the additional
RAM is just there to give more boost, freeing up more resources for the other laptop
components, and therefore allowing you to push said components even further.

6. Finally, if all you’re concerned with is faster
speeds for your Internet connectivity, a full
laptop replacement shouldn’t even be a
consideration. Instead, try going for a new
wireless adapter.
A relatively old laptop will probably have a
Wi-Fi frequency of 802.11g; and if your
laptop is especially old, it’s more along the
lines of 802.11a or 802.11b.

7. The current Wi-Fi frequency standard is 802.11n. Therefore, as long as you have wireless
adapter that caters to that frequency (a USB 2.0 adapter costs as little as $20), you should be
all set.
Unless your current router isn’t equipped to handle 802.11g, that is. For that, you’ll need to
replace it with one that does, which can set you back by about $50 more. Still, $70 is way
cheaper than a new $1,000 laptop.

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