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What is some good things to do with a new pc/laptop/computer? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by QuietStorm@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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So im about to get a new laptop, its no the best but it will be diffrent, currently i have a desktop so a laptop i will be able to move around with.

Its a windows laptop with 12gb of ram, 250 storage, so im hoping its good becasue i got this laptop on the cheaper end becasue its refurbished acording to amazon.

anyways what are some of the first things to do with a laptop besides setting it up and what are some cool uses, i have some ideas on how i might use the laptop but i want to hear what yall have to say.

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[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nothing wrong with a cheap, refurbished laptop. Hopefully it has a warranty of some sort.

First thing is wipe all the crap off. The amount can vary dramatically depending on where you got it.

Then go through and configure your windows settings. This is pretty personal, you can just play around with most of them, but probably stay out of advanced menus if you don't know what you're doing.

Then start downloading free software you're going to need. The very basics is an unzipping program and your web browser of choice. Beware windows defender, the default security software with windows, is intended to work specifically with their browser, not other people's.

Then start downloading optional software you want. Steam, discord, crap like that. Start installing and configuring the settings of the programs one at a time.

Here's some other people's opinions. I haven't watched these, but the sources appear reputable:

https://youtu.be/L14fTu6dsCo https://youtu.be/XEEcxYzNOfI https://youtu.be/MfwjISmkEJM

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Adding on to the Windows Defender bit: it’s also a very good antivirus, so you can pretty much just get away with that and an adblocker on your browser of choice. Been running Firefox with uBlock Origin and Windows Defender for years now at this point and have not had a single virus nor infection on my computer - and I used to use Norton and Avast before that.

That being said, if you’re the kind of person that goes onto hella sketchy sites a lot of the time, might be worth looking into a paid antivirus.