So how’s your battery?
As soon as upon a time, you might snap a useless battery out of the again of a laptop computer and exchange it with a brand new one ordered on-line and be again up and working in nothing flat. After which got here the period of smaller, lighter and now it’s a matter of prying the again of a laptop computer off with out breaking one thing within the course of to see if it’s replaceable.
I’ve a Chromebook that I exploit to dabble within the Chrome ecosystem and all of the sudden it is not going to maintain a cost or BE charged. So sure, I’ve a completely nugatory cloud based mostly laptop computer. Happily I didn’t pay a lot for it, however nonetheless it’s a bit annoying to now have a tool that I must determine if I need to pry the again off or ewaste it.
One other laptop computer that I’ve on the workplace is annoying me within the battery division for a special motive. It’s comparatively new. It’s a Lenovo based mostly on the snapdragon chip and is meant to have a extremely lengthy life. However as a result of we use it as extra of an emergency system, it may sit in a drawer for weeks. After I go to make use of it, it’s completely useless and wishes recharging a bit earlier than it can even boot. Upon looking on-line, it seems others are having the identical situation and hopefully updating the bios ought to do the trick. Fingers cross.
What’s probably the most annoying factor you’ve needed to cope with relating to batteries?