More about what can happen when you fit an unauthorised battery in an iPhone In a recent blog I confessed to having a senior moment and asking a “non-authorised agent” to replace my iPhone battery. I concluded that I’d bought a pig in a poke. Last week I booked a session at the “Genius Bar” …
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Air duster / vacuum cleaner
Cleaning the gunk out of keyboards – and elsewhere – but is there a hidden gotcha? I still miss Maplins. I don’t know of any shops now where you can reliably go to find all those techy bits and pieces. Currys are next to useless for this (amongst other things). Yes, I know there’s Amazon, …
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Laptop and Mobile Batteries
How should you treat your battery to give it a long life? Leave laptops plugged in permanently? Drain batteries completely? Remove batteries that are not being used? A battery’s “lifespan” is the length of time it lasts until it needs replacing (cue parrot sketch), whereas its “life” is the length of time it can function …
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Laptop Batteries
Replacement laptop batteries cost anything from about £40 to £150. That’s a lot of money, so it makes sense to treat your battery so as to give it the best chance of outlasting the machine. It is very common for the battery to fail after two to three years, but you probably want the machines …
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