How to best keep an unsued laptop?

binarysoul

I won't be using a laptop for three, four months. Should I expect any surprises after turnning it on after that extended period, e.g. dead battery, hard drive, etc.?

Any advicd what I should do to keep it in good shape?

dynamik

It's a good idea to remove the battery when you store any electrical device for a long period of time.

Just use your judgment on the storage conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.), and you shouldn't have any surprises.

Plantwiz

Aside from removing the battery as mentioned, I cannot think of what you'd have any additional problems.

Keep in a safe place.
(avoid cracking the LCD, dropping, etc.. ).

KGhaleon

Since noone else mentioned, I won't take any cracks at the topic title.

As stated above, just remove the battery. I can't imagine anything happening to your laptop when it's just going to be sitting there.

Tesl

Wow, it seems that nothing is safe from litigators in the US these days eh?

Lee H

You could wrap in newspaper put it in a box wrapped in tin foil in a bigger box wrapped in bubble wrap which is locked in a wooden chest in the far corner of your loft

Ok i went a bit over the top maybe miss out the bubble wrap

Lee H

Darthn3ss

just send it to me... i'll take car of it.

Mishra

Sometimes friends like to get a hold of old hardware that you have laying around in order to mess with you.

I would expect

* Different languages
* Massive fonts
* local GPO settings rendering your laptop useless
* XXX on the desktop
* keyboard missing