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Julian Hall wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: >> New battery, old battery, makes no odds. >> > I have noticed consistently that battery life degrades over time, so I > cannot wholly agree with that. However, on the subject of batteries, I > was chatting to some friends on IRC about laptops and a couple were > saying things like 'I get six hours out if mine', so I asked what they > were on about as I got 4 hours out of mine brand new, and now get around > 2.5-3.00. It appears that in the US laptops re supplied with the > Extended/Long Life batteries as standard. Whereas we get the 6 or 8 > cell batteries as standard and have to pay an arm and a leg for a decent > one, they get the 12 cell batteries bundled with the laptops. > > Another example of 'rip-off Britain'? > > Kind regards, > > Julian > Yep, that does sound like rip off Britain. Maybe there's a market for cheap second batteries imported from the States? Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html