Laptops are convenient. You don't have to build them – unless you want to. They can travel with you everywhere, you turn them on, and they generally just work. Most people use them until the day they die and throw them away or recycle them. But just like complex PC builds, laptops can still benefit from a bit of maintenance and cleaning, to help keep them running at their best for as long as possible. While you can't typically replace the CPU or GPU to make a laptop run like new again, there's plenty of cleaning and upgrading you can do that will make your laptop feel like a better machine. One of those things you should consider is just spending some time uninstalling software that you no longer regularly use. Freeing up space and having fewer apps load at launch can go a long way toward making a sluggish laptop feel fresh again. But we’re going to primarily focus on the hardware here.
Whether you're simply cleaning the machine to get rid of dust and grime or considering making component upgrades, here are the tools you need to take the best care of your laptop. And thankfully, outside of components, most of them are relatively inexpensive.
