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Re: How to Clean Your Laptop

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Post by krageon » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 9:43 AM UTC

ohazi wrote: post #40

pizza wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you asking why anyone would ever touch something to their face and fingers?

Yes? I don't particularly enjoy the feeling of touch-screening through bacon grease, and am wondering why anyone would willingly subject themselves to this.

I'm morbidly curious why there is bacon grease on your cheek/ear. Doesn't food go in your mouth? Don't you clean your face/hands after eating poorly (ie the food hasn't all gone in your mouth)?

Re: How to Clean Your Laptop

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Post by overcast » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 5:47 PM UTC

raithel wrote: post #37

I used to work in a laptop repair place. I found that isopropyl rubbing alcohol can sometimes damage or wear some exterior rubbers or plastics on laptops.(works great on interior and metal though!) The best method I have found to clean exterior of a laptop is the following: - Turn off the computer. Standard: - Wipe down exterior, screen and keyboard area with Windex sprayed on a cloth or use Lysol wipes. If Heavily s…

To anyone reading this this nonsense above. DO NOT USE WINDEX, LYSOL, OR ANY CLEANER ON YOUR DISPLAYS. You WILL ruin it. Use a damp microfiber cloth with water.

Re: How to Clean Your Laptop

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Post by ohazi » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 7:15 PM UTC

krageon wrote: post #61

ohazi wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes? I don't particularly enjoy the feeling of touch-screening through bacon grease, and am wondering why anyone would willingly subject themselves to this.

I'm morbidly curious why there is bacon grease on your cheek/ear. Doesn't food go in your mouth? Don't you clean your face/hands after eating poorly (ie the food hasn't all gone in your mouth)?

Most people have grease on their face, especially near the end of the day, and when they're careless enough to get it on their phone, it's roughly the same consistency as bacon grease.