Just buy a Thinkpad T570/470 so you have a better laptop and can find parts for ages.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 7:03 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > I think we plateaued a few years ago. I'm still running a desktop from 10 > years ago and the only time it struggles is when my 32 GB of RAM fills up > with everything I've got going on (mostly Chrome) or when processing videos > for TBW. Having a faster CPU would be nice for single-threaded applications > like ArcMap. I need to build a new one, but that's mostly because I can't > afford the downtime of formatting my 10 year old Windows 10 install and > then reinstalling everything. > > I don't even buy new laptops anymore. Pay half as much for a laptop that's > a couple years old, but still does everything great. Better off doing that > and then buying a great SSD to stuff in it. You get a blazing fast machine > that still costs less. > > Then again, I've only had to buy a new laptop battery once, ever. *shrugs* > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:20:38 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT - will spare laptop battery go bad in storage? > > Maybe I’ve got an old lap. > > > > Actually since it was top of the line everything at the time, it’s still > not that different from the latest version. And it looks and works like > new. Only 6th gen i7, but CPU performance is only increasing incrementally > between generations these days. I think the biggest improvement in the > current version is they moved the camera to the top of the bezel. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Nate Burke > *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2020 6:34 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - will spare laptop battery go bad in storage? > > > > But it's still an old laptop... > > On 3/26/2020 6:06 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Hey, the battery was only $70. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Nate Burke > *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2020 5:55 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - will spare laptop battery go bad in storage? > > > > Are you married to that laptop? Just get a whole new machine. > > > https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Display-Graphics-Keyboard-A515-43-R19L/dp/B07RF1XD36 > I only look for things with a wired Ethernet port. Dongles drive me > crazy. > > > On 3/26/2020 5:50 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I’m just afraid that by 2022 they won’t be available anymore. Or I guess > if they are, maybe they will have been sitting in an Amazon warehouse for 2 > years? > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Thursday, March 26, 2020 5:44 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - will spare laptop battery go bad in storage? > > > > Hit or miss on these. They're so cheap anymore on old laptops, if it's bad > I just get another, I don't know how they store them but its 50 50 on good > or dead > > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 5:40 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > I have a 4 year old Dell XPS 15 and I just replaced the Li-ion battery for > the second time. I guess that’s not shocking. > > > > But Dell wasn’t even selling replacement batteries the first time. I did > get a free one from them because they had a problem with the original > batteries swelling. That replacement didn’t swell, but the runtime had > decreased dramatically. > > > > The no-name replacement (bought from Amazon) fit perfectly, and looked > just like the Dell battery except for a sticker that I’m pretty sure covers > the Dell name. It’s a pretty nice laptop and I can’t guarantee I’ll be > ready to retire it 2 years from now when this battery will probably need > replacing. Amazon still has them in stock, should I order another one? > > > > Or is putting a spare battery on the shelf stupid, will it just gradually > discharge and go bad? It’s not very difficult to change the battery, would > it help to swap batteries every 6 months or something? I actually saw > something on the Internet that Li-ion batteries should be stored partially > not fully charged. And of course they can’t put anything on the Internet > unless it’s true. > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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