We've all experienced the feeling of buying a new laptop. It's much faster than your previous computer and can do great new things. It has a lot more storage space and there's room on the lid for more stickers..
Very often we end up buying a new laptop when our old one is so slow that it is almost useless or has been damaged. When the failure of the old laptop comes suddenly, you may try to save your data to another computer or hard drive, which is not easy, or may be impossible altogether due to the failure. 
So for your new laptop, make sure to save your data for the future.
Save for the future: keep your data in at least one place, separate from your laptop. This can be done by syncing backups to the cloud via services like DropBox, Carbonite, iCloud, OneDrive or Google drive. Of course you can keep copies of your data periodically on an external hard drive.
Mac laptop users can easily do this via Time Machine, while Windows 10 offers its own automatic backup feature with the “Backup and Restore” settings in the Control Panel. Additionally, many hard drive manufacturers have their own backup software.
Backing up your data on your old machine will make the transition to a new laptop easier.
Install all available updates immediately
As soon as you turn on your new laptop for the first time, go straight to the Windows Control Panel or System Preferences for Mac computers and check for new operating system (OS) updates.
It's very likely that there are updates for your operating system. You don't want your brand new laptop to be vulnerable to security issues, especially when there are already security updates. So yes, before you install anything else or start downloading backups, update your operating system immediately.
Once the operating system is up to date, you can start installing the programs you want and need.
Make sure automatic updates are enabled
For your operating system and all your programs, if the option is there, enable automatic updates.
Enabling automatic updates will keep your operating system and software up to date and secure from vulnerabilities.
Use a security program
New threats are being released at an alarming rate, and you should protect your new laptop. Make sure your machine has some security software installed that can protect your privacy and keep your data safe from ransomware and other threats.
Some operating systems come with basic security precautions, but there are also many applications that offer much more.
Install a password manager
Now that you’ve secured your operating system and applications, you can do the same for your credentials. We recommend password managers to everyone, as they make it incredibly easy to have unique, strong passwords for all the services you use without having to remember them. Some password managers store your data in the cloud, and others locally on your computer. We recommend KeePass, an open source password manager, which stores your data locally, as long as you make frequent backups as we suggested above.
Remove bloatware
When I open a new system, it's one of the first steps I take. Others skip it altogether.
If you bought a laptop (from any manufacturer), you were shipped a new system with a whole bunch of new software. Chances are you'll never use it.
Uninstall those unwanted pre-installed programs. Every unused, unused application is a potential source of security vulnerabilities, and of course, it takes up space on your system.
Create their own account for each person
If you're not the only one using the laptop, don't be tempted to share your username and password. Create a separate account for each person who will be using the computer and make sure they have the access they need to do the things they need to do and nothing more.
Remember, administrator accounts are for administration, not for simple web browsing.
