How often do you clean your equipment and keyboard?

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  1. BEAT16

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    How often do you clean your equipment and keyboard?

    Which cleaners - tricks and tips?


    On some computer keyboards there are more germs than on the toilet seat at home. It's not just about harmless pathogens. Regular cleaning of the computer keyboard and the mouse is therefore strongly recommended. The British consumer magazine "Which?" put it to the test at the beginning of 2008 and came up with sometimes frightening results.

    Keyboard dangerous to health? Some computer keyboards were found to be more contaminated with bacteria than a toilet seat that was also examined and was therefore potentially seriously hazardous to health. Eating on the PC, dust particles and not washing your hands after using the toilet are the main causes of a bacterial biotope on the keyboard. The British consumer advocates, together with a microbiologist, examined more than 30 keyboards from their own office. Most of them passed the hygiene test, but individual keyboards were so heavily contaminated with bacteria that their users were threatened with a serious upset stomach if the pathogens got into the organism via their fingers.
     
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    i clean my pc one a month also drain it and re fill the loop every month( the gpu cpu water cooling loop) or so 2 again anti static bacterial wipes and that automatic air cleaner along with a toothbrush for the fans. make up brushes are good to use to just make sure if there used to clean them first with alcohol so there fully clean and dry)
     
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    my 15 years old master keyboard i really cleaned after 14 years for the first time. (completely open it, vacuum cleaned).

    computer once a year i think. notebook much more often than that.

    once a month i clean the desk. (im not sitting everyday for hours there, so it is really not necessary)
     
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    What doesnt kill you makes you stronger. Reintroducing pathogens to your immune system is a good thing, living in a sterile environment can be bad for you.
    This is why you see some toddlers eating their own shit, at their age their immune system is still developing and trough such acts they make it stronger.
     
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    Every February 29th without fail :disco:
     
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    I just use the stuff constantly until it completely biodegrades and Nature takes it back,
    forcing me to buy a new one.. by then usually the industry has evolved enough to represent a leap improvement.. lol

    (I may clean the keyboards and screens like twice per year or smt.. no biggie as long as you undust)
     
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    Cleaning and organizing things is just admitting your failures. Amateurs who have bad memory and can't remember which wire goes where.

    [​IMG]

    Get on my level. I'm still here and I'm still geezin without freezin. I'm 70-free but at least I still remember where I put that shit.
     
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    The Flood PC from Ahrweiler - Part 1
     
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    Damn what kind of toddlers is you be makin at your crib?

    I've only ever seen my only dog eat up his only shit but I've never seen someones son just call dibs on past tense lunch after your son been lookin dead at you mentally thinking at you how late you are to changing that bowling ball diaper because all he can say is "doo doo ga ga" but you just don't get the fuckin hint.

    That sounds like you need some app that rings dead on shittin time so your son doesn't have to eat those type of pop tarts. Use those period timers bitches use to time their tampons if they don't have an app for that. :wink: Like god damn.
     
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    i boil my macbook once a week to prevent germs
     
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    Others call it MacTea..
     
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    But honestly I probably clean my pc 3 times a year but I think I should bump it up to 4.
     
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    I have digitaldeck covers on nearly everything. I have a couple of black "bag" type covers from Roland for a few things. I just took everything out of my desk racks and put the units into angled floor racks, so I should probably figure out covers for them too.

    other than that, I just dust the desk. last time I looked in the Mac Pro case it was immaculate in there, so no rush. I have rubber Logic keyboard shortcut covers on my computer kb's, so they just wipe off easily.
     
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  16. All I do is clean and keep software up to date. That is my duty!
     
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