Thursday, July 8, 2010
A Slightly Expensive Mistake With a Laptop Battery
Posted by Jason Dunn in "Laptop Thoughts Talk" @ 07:00 AM
I think cautionary tales are a good way to learn, so here's one for you: several years back, I bought a Toshiba M50 laptop for my wife. It worked well enough for her needs, and a few years later I sold it to my younger sister who was looking for a basic computer. She's been using it ever since, but of course by now the battery can't hold a charge longer than a few minutes. She was complaining it was even slower than normal, so I took a look, cleared out some junk and a few virii (Windows XP...sigh) and brought it back up to speed (such that it is). Read more...
