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In my experience it's: battery goes bad after 2-3 years and then you replace the laptop after 5 years because you are tired of using your laptop as a desktop co
by belval 3y ago
In my experience it's: battery goes bad after 2-3 years and then you replace the laptop after 5 years because you are tired of using your laptop as a desktop computer because it shuts down as soon as you unplug it.
Sure after 2-3 years you still have some charge, but it's more like 1 hour when browsing the Internet and not the 6-7 hours that it had originally.
I might just be buying shitty laptops though. Do your phone batteries also last 5 years?
- wkipling 3y agoDoes anyone else not just buy a new battery? Fresh install, NVMe SSD, a clean fan and fresh thermal paste, maybe a new WiFi card. Makes a laptop feel new again.
- whaleofatw2022 3y agoI think it depends on circumstances... Below a certain dollar amount, the refurbish vs replace from a value standpoint changes quickly.
- StillBored 3y agoYou forgot more ram. OTOH, I've not reinstalled a machine in 15+ years for perf reasons. As I upgrade the machine, what has killed the last few desktop machines has been MS dropping support. Or in the case of linux laptops the fact that I get tired of the eventual tape and bailing wire nature of 5+ year old machines full of dings, dents and broken ports or the CPU perf has finally gotten to the point where I can get >4x perf uplift.