Joseph Mack PhD, High Performance Computing & Scientific Visualisation LMIT, Supporting the EPA Research Triangle Park, NC 919-541-0007 Federal Infrastructure Contact-Ravi Nair 919-541-5467 - [EMAIL PROTECTED], Federal Visualization Contact - Joe Retzer, Ph.D. 919-541-4190 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have several old laptops which are just as good at retrieving e-mail and writing reports as the day I got them, so I just keep replacing the batteries when they die. Some of the replacement batteries have a good life-time (several years) while others die in less than a year. The warrantee is about a month so I can't return them when they die prematurely. I'm trying to figure out where to get good batteries and why some batteries are worthless. Were they built 10yrs ago and have been sitting on the shelf waiting for me to buy them? Were they low quality to start with? Should I go back to the vendors whose batteries lasted a long time? Should I try a new approach like throwing away the laptop when the battery dies ;-/ I've had good dealings with Batteries Plus, but their replacment batteries are about double the price ($220, rather than $130). Anyone know why some batteries are good and others not, and where I should buy replacements? Thanks Joe -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
