Summer Salt & Sun
With summer in full swing the thoughts of those on the East coast turn to sun, sea and sand.  And while these three wonderful aspects of our environment and lifestyle are great for us, they can wreak havoc with our expensive computer equipment.

Many people will know what I mean, particularly those close by the water along the eastern facing beaches.  The salt air causes corrosion of all exposed surfaces, and your PC is no different.  I have seen PC cases that are so rusted out they look five or more years old, but are just three months old!  So what can you do?  Short of moving, the best way to tackle the problem is to minimise your PC's exposure to salt air.  This means not putting it in the front, eastern facing room or any room that gets a breeze through it off the water.  These days you can even buy all plastic see-through cases which are not effected by salt, however this doesn’t help the internal components of your PC, particularly the power supply, which can still be heavily effected by corrosion.  The buildup of salt in your PC also causes probmes on very humid days when all that salt sucks the moisture out of the air and into your PC.  I've seen PC's dripping wet inside on humid days.

It's not just salt that can be a problem either -  sun can also cause problems for computer users.  There has been a recent trend with laptop computers to provide glossy screens – you know the ones, they look like they have a thin sheet of glass on the surface, as opposed to the duller, matt surface typical of laptop displays in the past.  In the shop these glossy screens look fabulous, they have a great effect on the vividness of the colours they display and watching a DVD or editing photos looks fantastic.  However these displays are not so great if you are using them outside or anywhere they are susceptible to reflected bright light.  In the sunshine it is very hard to see anything at all on these screens – it’s like the sun shining on the screen of an old CRT TV.  So if you intend to use your laptop out on the deck or even in a room with a lot of lamps, just be wary and consider the non-glossy screens instead.

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