Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Accessories for Laptop : Laptop Replacement Parts

Laptop Accessories

When you lose one of your laptop accessories, you can go out and buy another one. If you break one of your laptop accessories, you replace it. It really doesn’t matter if it’s the AC adapter, battery, a case, a cooling fan, or what have you. But when a part breaks on a person’s laptop, they often think the best option is to get a whole new laptop, and that is incorrect. For one thing, if you did, what good would all those laptop accessories be if the new laptop isn’t the same model? The best option when your laptop starts to malfunction because of a damaged or worn out component, is to just replace the defective component. Although prices used to be nearly prohibitive, there are almost no parts in recent laptops that cost more to replace than the purchase of a new laptop. If you’re not sure that’s accurate, go check out a site like www.laptopaid.com and check out what the lowest prices are. The reasons that prices have become so much more affordable are that now that there are so many computer businesses available to consumers because of the web and they need to stay competitive, and the still-growing business of refurbishing. .

What Refurbishing Does

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When companies acquire large numbers of used and damaged electronic goods, such as laptops, and take them apart to gather all the good components, it’s a part of refurbishing. Laptops, smartphones and other electronic devices don’t require brand new parts to work properly. Parts from another device that is of the same make and model works just fine. There are also some components that are nearly universal in laptops, and they work in most laptop devices. With this in mind, these good parts are sold to companies, individual consumers, and used to build complete laptops. The completed versions are now known as refurbished or pre-used laptops. The price to buy these laptops is because they are built from replacement parts. The reason that replacement parts are much cheaper is because the company did not pay the full price to get them, as they would if they were brand new parts. The lower cost is reflected in the lower price that customers get. When you have to see about getting a newer laptop, check into buying a refurbished laptop. It’s a way to save money and help the environment.



Proper Disposal

Laptops cannot be disposed of as most household trash. It’s not even a matter of recycling the elements like copper, soder and aluminum that can be found in the laptop and AC adapter to help the environment and help keep costs down. Laptops become a health hazard when disposed of like regular garbage. For example, batteries will explode when exposed to extreme heat. If the area landfill employs an incinerator, the batteries can be mistakenly put in with the regular trash that can be safely reduced or burned up with extreme heat. The mistake is not with the landfill employees, because it’s the consumer who puts it in a garbage bag and makes it nearly impossible to spot those batteries. Exploding batteries cause damage, obviously, but also release particles of the materials used in their construction. Lead acid is just one of the materials, and more of that going into the air around us isn’t a good thing. When laptops are buried beneath soil, they begin to decay just like any other object. The problem is that they are putting mercury, cadmium, nickel, and other heavy metals in the ground. All of these pollutants migrate, eventually ending up in the soil, water and air. In the soil, they contaminate everything that’s growing, whether it is vegetables, fruit, plants or trees. Everything that gets produced from the soil, from food to oxygen, is also contaminated. The water affected is the same water that we bathe our bodies and clean with it, in addition to drinking it and using it for food preparation. The more electronic waste going into the ground as household trash, the worse it gets for all of us and everything living on Earth. Be sure that whatever you do with your laptop, every precaution is taken to make sure any waste is properly disposed of.



The Right way to dispose your Laptop or Computer

As aforementioned, "Making it Green!", you can actually do something to your old Laptops or Computers. So don't just throw it away or put it on landfills. You might get surprised that you can actually donate it or earn from it. The above shown video, might solve your question, dilemma and put you out of your situation. Less thrash problem and Less harmful to the Environment.