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    Lifespan of dell inspiron b 130?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by wining, Jan 13, 2008.

  1. wining

    wining Newbie

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    Lifespan of dell inspiron b 130?
    I own a dell inspiron b130(512 mb ram).
    I bought it before 1 yr and 4 months.The battery is totally dead right now.Other than that I dont have any problem with the laptop.
    Is it necessary to buy battery?????
    Since I'm a student and expecting to finish my degree and get job in june-july months of 2009, i expect my latptop to run for next 1 and half yr.
    I am using dvds for lectures(usmle kaplan).I'm using laptop daily for watching those DVDs.How long will the laptop work.????????
    Pls help me.

    I hope this forum is dedicated to the inspiron b130 dell users.So I hope to get answers,help or suggestion on my que Lifespan of dell inspiron b 130?????????


    I'm not concerned about battery right now .I'm worried that how long can i use the laptop.Plsssssssssssssssssssss help
     
    wining, Jan 13, 2008
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Lifespan really varies from laptop to laptop. I've got Dell laptops from the late 90s that still run fine each having seen 4-5 years of heavy use. My current Inspiron 500m is on its fifth year and still seeing heavy use. Then again, others have duds that crap out after only a year or two.

    Really though, I think if you take reasonable care of the machine it should last as long as you want it to last.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jan 13, 2008
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  3. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Well, you bought the cheapest of cheap laptops. You can buy a new battery. However, who knows about lifespan, thats what warranties are for. Its like a car. Some people will get one to last for 5 years before anything major goes wrong and another person might only make it a year. I don't have a crystal ball, so i cant answer your question. However, i see some commercials for fortune tellers on tv, maybe you should call one of them for an answer.
     
    nizzy1115, Jan 13, 2008
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  4. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    wining,

    Please do not cross-post(posting the same thing in multple threads)

    I deleted your other posts, so please contiune discussion here in this thread.

    Thx
    Kdawgca
     
    Kdawgca, Jan 13, 2008
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  5. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    The B130 may have been cheap but it's reasonably solid and sturdy. You don't need a working battery as long as you don't mind keeping it plugged in. I see no reason to expect the rest of the laptop to break soon if you take decent care of it.

    I have an older Inspiron model, which I just replaced... but it still works fine... after 3 years, the only thing wrong with it is some cosmetic blemishes... and the right shift key which broke when I spilled soda on the keyboard. ;)

    It comes down to a bit of luck, and, as nizzy said above, how well you take care of it. Also, the most likely things to fail are the RAM and the hard drive... and those are easy to replace.
     
    swarmer, Jan 13, 2008
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