We've all been there, the mail man delivers the new laptop we ordered and we can't wait to tear the box open, plug it in and get it charged up as fast as we can so we can dive in and be amazed at this great new piece of technology. But wait, what if something happened during shipping, like someone threw the box across the room, or someone missed something during the quality control process? Before throwing away the box (and anything inside that may prove valuable as proof that something went wrong,) read these essential steps to take to verify the computer's operation and that you did in fact get what you paid for...
