[POLL] What should I do about my laptop?
May. 17th, 2004 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldToday in Kingston, it's a beautiful spring day. Actually, the environment--perfectly clear blue skies, a light breeze, moderate heat--reminds me of summer on Prince Edward Island, proof I suppose that the mainland climate when summer kicks in will be something requiring an air conditioner wherever I end up living. With the trees out in green and the people of Queen's University dressed fetchingly in shorts and light clothes, I'd love to be outside doing my work on my laptop.
But, I can't. You see, my laptop is an old model, a LTE 5200. All of the parts still work, thankfully, save the battery. The battery can store only enough power to run the laptop for five minutes, at maximum. Whenever I use it, I have to find the nearest electrical outlet, and since those are hard to find at the best of times I'll never be able to use the laptop as freely as I'd want to use it.
I can buy a battery, of course. Checking with the local Compaq dealer, though, a new battery would cost on the order of 185 dollars. I could get it more cheaply used on eBay, but I'm wary about such a big-ticket purchase.
And so, I leave it to my readers to decide for me.
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But, I can't. You see, my laptop is an old model, a LTE 5200. All of the parts still work, thankfully, save the battery. The battery can store only enough power to run the laptop for five minutes, at maximum. Whenever I use it, I have to find the nearest electrical outlet, and since those are hard to find at the best of times I'll never be able to use the laptop as freely as I'd want to use it.
I can buy a battery, of course. Checking with the local Compaq dealer, though, a new battery would cost on the order of 185 dollars. I could get it more cheaply used on eBay, but I'm wary about such a big-ticket purchase.
And so, I leave it to my readers to decide for me.
[Poll #294681]
If you can't vote in this poll, E-mail me with your vote.
