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07/11/2011 03:26
3 Things You Ought To Know About Laptop
Battery Replacements
3 Things You Ought To Know
capacity to hold a charge. That's why the battery
About Laptop Battery Replacements
that once gave you, say, 3-4 hours' worth of runtime
now peters out after just 1-2 hours. And after a few
years, you might be lucky to get an even an hour.

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2. You can make your current battery last lon-
ger. If you use your laptop as your primary desktop
PC, you may be wasting battery cycles by leaving it
plugged in all the time. The solution: pop the battery
out until you actually need to go somewhere with
your laptop. As long as the latter is plugged into an
AC outlet, it doesn't actually need the battery. Trust
me on this: I've seen fairly new batteries that could
barely last half an hour, even though the laptop
rarely went anywhere. When in doubt, pop it out.
Laptop batteries are expensive. Indeed, if you've
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red a bad case of sticker shock. Depending on the
model, new power packs often sell for as much as
$100, $125, even $150! That can be a tough pill to
swallow.
Whether you're already in the market for a replace-
ment battery or just concerned about the inevitable
day when you will be, here are three things you
should know:
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varies depending on your usage, of course, but the
average laptop battery is good for around 400 re-
charges (a.k.a. cycles). After that, it starts to lose its
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3 Things You Ought To Know About Laptop Battery Replacements
necessarily have to buy one from the laptop manu-
facturer-paying top dollar in the process. Google the
laptop make/model and "battery" to see if there are
less-expensive third-party options. If your system
is a popular model, there almost certainly will be.
Also, be sure to check out Dr. Battery's Advanced Pro
Series. These replacement batteries-available for a
huge range of laptop models-promise 800 recharge
cycles (meaning they should last twice as long as
your current battery) and come with a two-year
warranty. Plus, they're priced fairly competitively
at $88 and up.
By the way, you should always, always, always
recycle old laptop batteries. Stores like Best Buy,
Lowe's, and Staples have bins or kiosks where you
can drop them off.
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