Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hey guys, long time no see. Unfortunately I have been far too busy to be active.

Quick post for an irritating issue: my laptop's battery died (well, died so much as it throws annoying error codes constantly). It's a Dell Inspiron 6000. I mostly use it for typing papers and occasionally surfing the 'net.

I don't really need a new laptop, this one is plenty powerful for what I use it for. I've been looking around for a replacement battery, and most of them I find to be around $120-140 (from legitimate, ResellerRatings backed websites). Dell's list price is roughly $150. The cheapest I've found (~$50) was from a site called "LaptopBatteryOne." Their ResellerRatings...rating, looked good, though all of the reviews were in the last month and by reviewers who have only posted one review (hrm...). The BBB lists them as being registered as of this last February, with an A- rating.

So:
1.) Should I buy from them? Gut says no, wallet says yes.
2.) Does anyone know of a less expensive outlet (under $100) to buy a replacement battery from?
3.) If the above fails: inexpensive laptop recommendations with a regular sized keyboard?

1. Maybe (I don't feel good about it)
2. Yes. It's called popping the battery open, looking at what cells they're using, then replacing those cells (can be found cheap online and can be done without solder too).
3. I have no idea.

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My gut instinct is that if it's that cheap, they're either faulty or the shop isn't entirely legit. Don't know of an alternative sub $100 that doesn't involve popping the battery itself open (not something I'd be keen to do 'on the spur of the moment'...)

My gut instinct is that if it's that cheap, they're either faulty or the shop isn't entirely legit. Don't know of an alternative sub $100 that doesn't involve popping the battery itself open (not something I'd be keen to do 'on the spur of the moment'...)

Yeah...

Thank you both for the suggestions. I've tried popping a similar battery open to...not so great results. I'm going to look at some netbooks. I tried a few out and there's a Samsung model that looks interesting, along with a Lenovo (I believe it's the S10-3, but I'll have to check).

Trying to find one with a nice screen, though...