It’s a shocking title for an article, but several studies performed over the last decade prove it is possible. Our computers are a big part of our lives at work and home and we (JumpstartMyPC.com) have spent countless hours preaching about the importance of “maintenance,” but always from the digital side of things. The physical components of our computers (internal and external) also need some TLC and, as it turns out, we should get started yesterday.
“Keyboards were swabbed and those swabs sent off for analysis by a microbiologist. Frighteningly, several keyboards were highly contaminated, and at least one was removed on the scientist’s advice as it harbored four times the amount of harmful bacteria compared to a toilet seat, used as a reference point.” This quote, taken from the article Study: keyboards make excellent homes for nasty bacteria is a sobering “call to arms” for PC users everywhere. We spend countless hours on our computers and the majority of that time is spent “communicating” with our PC via the keyboard and mouse. Ironically, these user input devices are often the last to receive any maintenance or cleaning.
