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A heads-up to anyone running old laptops; buy genuine replacement batteries while they're available!
I have an aging XPS 13 and of course, Dell have discontinued the battery line. Opened it up one day and every cell had puffed out. It took buying a couple of fakes before finally finding a decent reseller on eBay who stocked what I needed. The fake batteries were not recognised by Dell's hardware detection system thing, I imagine lots of other manufacturers might implement the same feature.
Or don't buy from manufacturers that do this
Yea, but what if you already have a laptop from such a manufacturer?
Good luck soldier!
You will eventually have to replace it when there are no replacement batteries. Get one that's focused on repairability. Then you can basically keep it forever
Yes that's a good tip, but the OP comment was focused on people who already have a laptop