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FWIW, I have a 5 year old dell XPS whose battery I could both find an replace easily. That is one of the advantages of the bigger name brands, replacement part
by cogman10 11mo ago
FWIW, I have a 5 year old dell XPS whose battery I could both find an replace easily.
That is one of the advantages of the bigger name brands, replacement parts are generally a lot easier to find.
- fullstop 11mo agoI was in it to support the company and their goals, but the experience was a little souring.
- happymellon 10mo agoAren't System76 laptops just rebranded Cleo, which is why there is no design consistency? They don't manufacture batteries and never have, I've always had mixed feelings when it comes to "supporting their goals". I appreciate their work to get Linux working on those models, but they can't provide long term hardware support.
- fullstop 10mo agoThey are, but a selling point at the time was that you could buy replacement parts from System76.
- Wingman4l7 11mo agoYeah, but is it OEM? Even big names like Dell don't support their parts for that long, and you have to resort to getting sketchy third-party parts from China, or rolling the dice on a used OEM part.
- cogman10 11mo agoYes. I bought it directly from dell.com https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-97-wh-6-cell-lithium-ion-replacement-battery-for-select-laptops/apd/cpx-f8cpg/pc-accessories https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-97-wh-6-cell-lithium-io...