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Question from Mike: I love your newsletter, Rick. I read it every morning!
I hope you can answer a question for me.
The battery in my trusty Lenovo G570 laptop has gone bad and I need to replace it.
I really love this laptop now that I’ve taken your advice and put Linux on it.
I’d really like to keep using it if I can, but I don’t want to spend a fortune on a battery for it.
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Question from Yvette S.: Hi Rick. I have a question about my three year old MacBook Pro.
My son usually helps me but he’s out of town at the moment.
It needs a new battery, but I can’t find the model number so I don’t know which battery I need to buy.
Can you tell me where to look for the model number?
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Laptops are great! They give us plenty of computing power, yet they’re easy to carry along with us when we travel.
What’s more, we can use them virtually anywhere that our daily routine takes us!
But when the battery in your laptop will no longer hold a charge, it really limits your options when you need to fire it up and get some work done.
There are many places to buy replacement laptop batteries, but my favorite is Amazon. Why? There are several reasons: [Read more…]
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Question from Brenda G.: I have a two and a half year old Dell Latitude E5570 laptop that no longer works unless it’s plugged into a wall outlet.
I took it to the computer shop here in town and they said the battery is bad but they can order a replacement battery and install it for me for $160.
I really like this laptop but I don’t want to spend that much money for a battery if you don’t think it’s a wise use of the money.
My question is do you think I should have the guys at the computer shop order a battery and install it for me or would it make more sense to just apply that $160 towards a new laptop?
I really respect your opinion and I’ll take your advice regardless of which way you recommend I go.
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Question from Freida N.: Hi Rick. I hope you can answer a question for me.
I recently ordered a new laptop (#ad). When it arrived I took it out of the box and immediately started using it like I normally do.
This morning I read an article that said you’re supposed to charge the battery in a new laptop for at least 8 hours before you start using the laptop.
But I didn’t do that. I just went ahead and plugged the power cord into the wall and started using it immediately.
The battery seemed to charge ok and it now says it’s 100% charged, but do you think I might have damaged it in any way by not charging it for 8 hours before turning on the machine.
Now I’m afraid to unplug the charger because the battery might be bad. What do you think?
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