[ale] [OT] Laptop Battery Worth It?

[Jim Lynch]

Microcenter keeps sending me sales flyers.  The last one had a laptop 
for under $300.  It's far and away bigger, faster, stronger than my 
$1100 Compaq of 6 years ago and I suspect faster than a system 76.

Jim.
On 07/11/2011 01:31 PM, Greg Clifton wrote:
> I am TOTALLY in Kinney's (spelled it right this time ;-) camp on this 
> issue. Esp. if you are having display issues (could be your CCFT tubes 
> failing or more likely the inverter). If you spend $ on a battery and 
> then the display goes and you spend $ on that and then the motherboard 
> goes and you can't get parts. My mantra "Better, Faster, Cheaper each 
> Iteration" especially applies to notebooks/laptops. You can get some 
> really decent machines for $400$800 now.
>
> Shop Newegg, Tiger Direct, gotapex.com <http://gotapex.com> and 
> dealnews.com <http://dealnews.com> for the best deals, but 
> not necessarily in that order.
> GC
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     With few exceptions, laptops are not engineered for use beyond
>     about 3 years. A student will use/depend on that laptop so I would
>     get a new laptop and not replace the battery.
>
>     On Jul 11, 2011 11:25 AM, "David Tomaschik"
>     <david at systemoverlord.com <mailto:david at systemoverlord.com>> wrote:
>     > I have a 4 year old System 76 laptop (Core 2 Duo, 15.4" screen,
>     etc.).
>     > The battery life on the original battery is now < 45 minutes, which
>     > makes it fairly useless away from an outlet. I'm going to be
>     > returning to school for a M.S. this fall, and would like something
>     > that works in class.
>     >
>     > A new battery would be ~$150 shipped from System 76. 3rd party
>     > suppliers from eBay can be had for about $75. The laptop is in
>     mostly
>     > good condition, though the screen occasionally flickers, but closing
>     > and reopening the screen has fixed it thus far. (I've tried
>     reseating
>     > the video ribbon cable, but the problem persists.)
>     >
>     > Does it seem reasonable to spend $75-$150 on this laptop, or is it
>     > throwing money away? Does anyone have experience with 3rd party
>     > battery suppliers on eBay they'd like to share?
>     >
>     > --
>     > David Tomaschik, RHCE, LPIC-1
>     > System Administrator/Open Source Advocate
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>     > david at systemoverlord.com <mailto:david at systemoverlord.com>
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