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[jgrafton]

Dear Lazyweb,

The battery in my Lenovo T60 died about a month ago - it no longer recharges - and has now trickled down to 4%, even though I've had it plugged in the whole time, and there hasn't been any power loss in my apartment.

Obviously, I need to replace it, but the official Lenovo battery is $expensive. There are off-brand versions available various places online, it seems - do any of you have any recommendations there?

PS I am never buying a Lenovo again, and I suggest you similarly avoid them.

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[jgrafton]

This isn't an issue of the battery running low, which all batteries do, as you mentioned - it has completely failed. It just stopped charging one day, with absolutely no warning. I've also had various other issues with Lenovo, including the screen completely failing on me about 9 months after purchase, and they took about 3 weeks to fix it, and did a somewhat shoddy job, too.

[alanv]

The battery issue sounds like my HP laptop.
Don't buy HP either.