Things to do with New Laptop?

First thing you have to do is probably condition your battery by recharging it overnight, and then drain it to about 30% before you use it normally.

also before you fill up your hard disk do a quick disc defrag, and then install all your applications (your media players, office suite, antivirus, games etc) and then do another disc defrag. Its important that you have antivirus protection before you connect to the net for Microsoft Updates (Vista Service pack 1)

hope it helps

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Recommendations for battery usage and storage are covered in the HP User Guides for each model.

Additional battery care practices are as follows:

Store Li-Ion batteries between 20°C and 25°C (68°F and 77°F) with 30% to 50% charge.

Do not disassemble, crush, or puncture a battery; do not short the external contacts on a battery; and, do not dispose of a battery in fire or water.

Do not leave batteries exposed to high temperatures for extended periods. Prolonged exposure to heat (for example, inside a hot car) accelerates the deterioration of Li-Ion cells.

Remove the battery if the notebook will be stored (turned off and not plugged into AC power) for more than 2 weeks.

Remove the battery from the notebook if the notebook will be plugged into AC power continuously (via a wall adapter or docking station) for more than 2 weeks.

Use the type of battery with the highest capacity (Ah) rating if the notebook will run high-end applications on battery power.

Calibrate the battery based on the usage model. Under normal usage, batteries should be calibrated a minimum of once every 3 months; however, a battery that is rarely discharged fully should be calibrated about once a month

Keep the battery away from children.

Use only the battery provided with the computer, a replacement battery provided by HP, or a compatible battery purchased as an accessory.

Tips for conserving battery power

You can manually change the power consumption of your notebook PC and conserve battery power.

Reduce the number of open applications . Every application uses memory, and therefore power, even when the application widow is minimized. Exit any application the is not being used.

Reduce the brightness of the screen to the minimum readable level. Use the Fn and F7 or F8 keys to adjust the brightness.

Remove peripherals when not in use. External hard drives, CD-ROMs, Zip drives, PC cards, and other peripheral devices can draw power from your battery even when they are not in active use. Disconnect them when you are finished using them.

Reduce the speed of your processor. The faster your computer works, the more quickly it uses up the supply of power. You can extend the charge of your battery by slowing down your processor's speed. Methods to reduce processor speed vary from model to model, and your manual should provide instructions for doing so.

Turn off the Wireless On-Off button when it is not in use. If your notebook has one, press the Wireless On-Off button so that the light turns off.

Change the power option setting from High performance to either HP Recommended or Power saver to conserve battery power.

I would uninstall a lot of the free software that came on the computer that you know you aren't going to use. Many of these programs run in the background and use up memory, slowing the performance of your computer.

Perform a Disk Cleanup on a regular basis.

Use good firewall & anti virus software. Run the scans weekely because if you download a lot you will be at risk of vriuses.

Play some pool on it or other games

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