decent used laptops - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

26 Sep 2007

Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:40:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
Subject: Re: decent used laptops
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Jim Leonard wrote:
...
  Zane H. Healy wrote:
  $800 for a T40p or T42. 
 You can get entirely new laptops for $800 so I'm not sure I'd recommend
 that course of action.  Yes, I love my T41, but I wouldn't consider it
 worth $800.  After three years, the battery is shot and the battery is
 $130 right there. 
That brings me to the question of "do you buy a new battery or a new
laptop?".  My T42's batter is starting to get just a wee bit old.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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Reply:
If you're up for rebuilding the battery, there are lots of places that'll sell
you replacement cells; should be able to get away with half the cost or
a little more. Sometimes only one or two cells are bad, although the
rest do usually follow unless the bad ones were reverse-charged or
just duds.
m