WANTED: Dell laptop charger
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I've just ordered one from a seller on ebay for £14, I suspect it might be coming from China despite being listed as 'UK seller', I'll let you know if it arrives.
I ordered one of those also. LOL the UK seller looked a bit dodge so I went with one from hong kong and it cost 13 euro. If it arrives that will be great
£14 shipped and all? I wouldn't mind if it came from the moon for that price!!
After posting this I copped someone in Dublin selling them for €24. Not bad but not as good as £14.
The battery is shagged too, won't hold a charge, have to look for one of those as well.
After posting this I copped someone in Dublin selling them for €24. Not bad but not as good as £14.
The battery is shagged too, won't hold a charge, have to look for one of those as well.
My battery is shagged too, 30 minutes max - it's used as a desktop PC now (TBH with a 17" screen that's all it ever was).
I have a Samsung NC10 for mobile duties - 9 hour battery and fits in the glovebox.
I have a Samsung NC10 for mobile duties - 9 hour battery and fits in the glovebox.
Actually it was only £11.25 -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270435113181
Paid for on the 25th...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270435113181
Paid for on the 25th...
This is a coincidence. My laptop is a year old today and it just helpfully informed me I need a new battery from Dell for €114. Hmmmmm. When I bought it it said you can use the battery 300 times before it wears out. I've used it 10 times max.
I don't know, they may have gone downhill in recent times but my Dell laptop is 5 years old now and pretty much bullet-proof.
Actually I think you're right. My boss has an old one that works pretty well even though it's been trashed. It's really in the last few years that I've come across a lot of issues with Dells, particularly with power supplies/batteries. Also, the build quality of the cases has gone downhill.
my 2 cents worth:
on one hand I bought my own Dell laptop late in 2006, the one in question above re the charger/battery etc. In July 2007 I had the motherboard and hard drive replaced under warranty. The battery gave up after almost two years. Then the dog ate the charger.
on the other hand I have a "work" Dell laptop that has been faultless for almost two years bar the battery shitting itself recently.
so the only real glitch (discounting batteries that have a lifespan anyway) has been the fairly serious issue with the first one and then of course the dog happened.
Draw your own conlusions from that...
on one hand I bought my own Dell laptop late in 2006, the one in question above re the charger/battery etc. In July 2007 I had the motherboard and hard drive replaced under warranty. The battery gave up after almost two years. Then the dog ate the charger.
on the other hand I have a "work" Dell laptop that has been faultless for almost two years bar the battery shitting itself recently.
so the only real glitch (discounting batteries that have a lifespan anyway) has been the fairly serious issue with the first one and then of course the dog happened.
Draw your own conlusions from that...
I have a Gateway 2000 desktop computer that I bought in '98 too. Still going strong, despite multiple modifications and loads of house moves over the years. I has a 12Gb hard drive and a Pentium 3 450mhz processor. Slow as a wet week but I can't kill it!!
I reckon as the circuits and chips get smaller and more intricate and more advanced, they also get more unreliable. That said, Ive had a Dell laptop since around this time last year and it really doesnt give me any grief. I am constantly using it and it runs on battery probably half the time if not more. I just keep the amount of things running on it in the background to a minimum, clean the dust from the vents every so often and it does fine.
mostly leaving it plugged in kills batteries. if u use the batteries and let them run flat they will last alot longer
I have a Gateway 2000 desktop computer that I bought in '98 too. Still going strong, despite multiple modifications and loads of house moves over the years. I has a 12Gb hard drive and a Pentium 3 450mhz processor. Slow as a wet week but I can't kill it!!
Yeah, I have a Gateway desktop that I just can't give up, I dig it out every now and again and use it for a while,
it's running Linux mint now and feels like a Mac.