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New battery or new laptop with win10?

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  • Sue-UU
    Sue-UU Posts: 9,755 Forumite
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    martinthebandit wrote: »
    Before buying a new laptop or upgrading to windows 10 why don't you try installing something like Ubuntu on it and giving it a whirl, you may be pleasantly surprised.

    For what reason exactly?
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  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    Sue-UU wrote: »
    For what reason exactly?
    Well if anybody thinks they have far too much time on their hands fighting with Linux trying to get stuff working will solve that problem for sure
  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    martinthebandit wrote: »
    Before buying a new laptop or upgrading to windows 10 why don't you try installing something like Ubuntu on it and giving it a whirl, you may be pleasantly surprised.

    I love the Linux desktop but it's not for The Great Unwashed in it's current form.
    Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    £23 or less for a new battery against hundreds for a new laptop??
    HP part just £29.99 here
    You can get generics even cheaper...but no need to go for the absolute cheapest.
    Clean up your laptop to make it speedier than when new.

    If you want an extended battery, there is the nine cell for £24.99 or the twelve cell for £32.99
  • suzanne
    suzanne Posts: 330 Forumite
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    Thank you all for replying, I will be buying a new battery:-)
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,976 Forumite
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    Fightsback wrote: »
    w10_experience.jpg

    :D

    just a side issue, I'm sure I recognise that picture, but can't for the life of me think where from.... do you know??
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

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  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    edited 6 October 2015 at 1:44PM
    GunJack wrote: »
    just a side issue, I'm sure I recognise that picture, but can't for the life of me think where from.... do you know??

    It's from the movie poster of Black Frankenstein (AKA Blackenstein)

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069795/mediaindex?ref_=ttmd_md_sm
    Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.
  • J_B
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    suzanne wrote: »
    Thank you all for replying, I will be buying a new battery:-)

    DD2 had some sort of error message about her battery appearing all the time - I managed to tick the box to say 'don't show this message again and ..... there is no longer a problem!

    Sorted! :p
  • suzanne
    suzanne Posts: 330 Forumite
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    New battery arrived and charging as I post, happy days thanks again all:-)
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    suzanne wrote: »
    New battery arrived and charging as I post, happy days thanks again all:-)

    Which did you choose? Always good to post details for future reference.
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