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: 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 ---------------------------------------------- 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