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[rivendellrose]

Iiinteresting. So, I'm sure everyone and their dog has heard about the recall on specific models of Dell laptop batteries, by now. I didn't think much of it until I realized in a dream last night that, hey, if they're recalling the batteries, that'd mean they'd give me a new one, if it's one of the affected models. This is perfect, because Lennier's battery is kind of screwed up already - it doesn't hold a charge very well, probably because of how much abuse he took as a work computer for the sales guys.

Update: Curses, foiled again. A couple of our other laptops are in the listed models, but my computer is not. Yay for computer databases. Might as well check through to see if any of the other comps could be affected, though... *Sighs* It was a nice thought while it lasted.

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

The battery on my Dell is craptastic and goes from 'full' to 'empty' in about fifteen minutes (so long as I don't run any programs) but is not one of those marked for recall. I have no idea what I did to it, aside from leaving it plugged in, which I guess is bad for certain kinds of batteries.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

That's pretty much what mine does - it charges, but if it's unplugged it panics and tells me it only has 6% battery life. :P

Ah well. Free computer. If I pay to buy a new battery, I'm still ahead of what I'd have paid for a new computer, I figure. ...At least presumably. I haven't actually price-checked batteries yet.

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

LoL I was gonna say--you got the computer for free. You can buy a battery ;)

(Sorry the one you got is craptacular, though.)

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Cute icon. Poor Lennier!