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On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 19:26:58 +0100 bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yeah, I've got some pretty good advice here: replacement laptop > batteries cost Â20, so who cares? I'm not spending three years > constantly bothering with charge/deplete cycles and pulling power > cables in and out to a schedule. I just use my laptop(s) as and when > needed without any care whatsoever for the state of the batteries and > then buy a new one* if/when required. > > It should be noted that I've done this with countless laptops over > many years and have only ever had to bother replacing two of them in > total (both Dell, as it happens). > > I treat all of my battery powered devices with similar - well, not > exactly contempt, but certainly a lack of regard for something that is > designed to be disposable and does not follow any hard and fast rules > of decline. Sometimes (frequently?) it's just not worth bothering > yourself with stuff like this... > > Regards > > > *I am of course referring to the battery here, not the entire laptop: > in the case of a certain fruity manufacturer or any other failure of a > company that ships devices with non-removable batteries you'll have to > either sensibly not buy their crap in the first place or start > agonising over how to best prolong the battery life. > Many thanks for that info. The battery on this fairly new laptop is easy to remove, so that would not be a problem. On your other point, cost, I did not realise that new batteries were so reasonably priced. When I checked, some while ago, on the battery for my wife's old laptop it would have cost more than 50 pounds. That, I decided , was more than the machine was worth. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq