Now is not a good time to shop for replacement laptop batteries because the worldwide supply of batteries is severely crimped due to a fire at a major manufacturer. Prices have gone skyhigh and some laptop manufacturers are not able to sell as many laptops as they would like because they can't get enough new batteries.
If you can wait it out, it would be best to shop around a little later to see if prices go down. Genuine Dell batteries bought from dell will be compatible with your laptop for sure. If you buy from elsewhere, make sure you understand their return policy as well as warranty terms so that you have recourse if the battery is not compatible or does not work for very long.
Balaji Ramanath
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April 22nd, 2008 16:00
Now is not a good time to shop for replacement laptop batteries because the worldwide supply of batteries is severely crimped due to a fire at a major manufacturer. Prices have gone skyhigh and some laptop manufacturers are not able to sell as many laptops as they would like because they can't get enough new batteries.
If you can wait it out, it would be best to shop around a little later to see if prices go down. Genuine Dell batteries bought from dell will be compatible with your laptop for sure. If you buy from elsewhere, make sure you understand their return policy as well as warranty terms so that you have recourse if the battery is not compatible or does not work for very long.
PudgyOne
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April 23rd, 2008 18:00
About 2 months ago, I purchased a 53 WHR Battery from Dell for my Dell Inspiron B130
I use SpeedswitchXP on my laptop an i can now go on battery power for about 4 hours.
The 53 WHR Battery from Dell, looks like the price increased about $30.