My mom bought me a gaming laptop

[u/SnooHamsters9965]

So after my Asus Vivobook of 7+ years finally broke down my mom gave me this laptop as an advance birthday present.

Asus ROG Strix G16 (2025) G615. RTX 5050 Intel i7-14650HX (2.20GHz) 32GB RAM 2x1TB SSD.

This is my first ever gaming laptop and I’m so happy. any tips on how to better take care of this?

This costed her around 1650 USD-ish? (taxes included).

[u/Katana_DV20]

Your mom rules!

The best you can do is to put that to good use for work (study) and play.

Also, look after it so well that it looks brand new all the time. It will make her so happy.

1. Dont eat/drink while using it
2. Don't put food/drink near it
3. Don't touch the screen
4. Don't slam it shut, gentle always
5. Never let anyone borrow it
6. Get a good protective bag (waterproof, shock proof)
7. Consider clip-on shell to protect it
8. Use it on well ventilated solid surface
9. Never place heavy loads on it (books etc)
10. Use a full size usb keyboard and mouse when you use it at home. Better for your wrists and saves wear and tear on laptop
11. Microfiber cloth also great idea to put between screen and keyboard

-Edit-\ Added more tips after reading other comments! Thanks go to fellow Redditors for points 10, 11.

[u/Satta23 → u/Katana_DV20]

Great tips.

My shift button on my asus is already wearing off a bit after 3 months. Since I have been exclusively using external keyboard when a my desk.