John's Computer Support Blog - Laptop

Laptop parts

nospam@example.com (John Crowhurst) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:23:33 +0100

Apparently, the plastic parts of a laptop are called the A plate through to D plate.

The A plate is the top of the laptop, available in a variety of colours (for instance the Apple Macbook is white and silver for Air)

The B plate is what you see when you open the laptop, the B plate hides the wiring that goes on to make the wireless work as well as power and drive the screen.

The C plate is the top plate of the inside of the laptop, housing the track pad and sometimes a fingerprint reader as well as hiding the keyboard fixings.

The D plate is the bottom of the laptop.

So those are their names in case you needed to know.

Scary misuse of power

nospam@example.com (John Crowhurst) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:44:52 +0000

A school in the USA issued their students laptops with webcams built in, which sounds a nice plan since students could use them to talk to their friends, only the school officials could also see what the students and their families were up to covertly.

There is a class action lawsuit against the school because of this invasion of privacy.

Laptop insurance

nospam@example.com (John Crowhurst) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:06:20 +0000

Its a good idea to point out insurance on Laptops. If you own a laptop, its a good idea to insure it. A couple of things about insurance that is worth mentioning... A business laptop working away from business is not insured, for instance if you take it home. A laptop is not insured at home (under home and contents insurance) if it has been used for business in any way shape or form.
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