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Laptop recommendations and troubleshooting

Discussion in 'Random Discussion' started by Lock_S_Foils, Feb 20, 2020.

  1. Lock_S_Foils

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    So we have an approx 4 year old Acer Aspire E15, and a couple days ago it ran the battery almost down to zero, did not recharge (we keep it plugged in). Unplugged, restarted, replugged in, seemed to fix it. Moved the "power mode" slider on Win 10 all the way to the left [best battery life], will see if that helps.

    A little googling tells me that Acer laptop batteries tend to crap out, I may need to change it out. It is internal so will have to find the youtube vid that shows how to replace it.

    So if the worst happens and we need a new laptop, anyone have any recommendations? Looking for a mid-level workhorse type, don't need a super vid card or anything. Somewhere in the $500-$700 range....
     
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    I used to have Acers. They were good computers while they lasted. These days I use a slightly older, refurbished Dell Latitiude E6430 that I picked up on Newegg. It suits my purposes and it's built like a tank. Parts are modular and it's easy to repair and maintain. These are things I value highly due to how many laptops I've gone through over the years. It's not a powerhouse, but it does very well with simple tasks like word processing and web surfing and even some very light gaming. The best part is that I bought it for less than $300.

    Dell's Latitude series are their "business" class laptops, designed to operate under more strenuous conditions than your average notebook. I recommend them. :)
     
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    I got off the keeping-updated-on-computer-stuff track in 1995 after completing a year at "Advanced School" (the equivilant of US High School, I guess) doing computer stuff, so I'm completely useless today. (I remember upgrading my 486 SX PC from 4 to 8 MB RAM and was very pleased with the improved performance, LOLz!).

    In any case, I can't give actual technical advice these days, but I can say that I bought a spanking new ASUS VivoBook 14 last year for about $550 and it is a frustrating piece of poodoo. It freezes up and stalls at random, and frequently disobeys my orders... it just, doesn't do what it is supposed to when i click buttons. Don't buy an ASUS VivoBook 14 :-/
     
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    Lol, apparently it's not just me...

    Yeah, laptop batteries will die, especially if they're plugged in all the time. I'm still using my 10 year old Dell 1555 Latitude, and JUST ordered a new battery for it, but as I was doing it, I considered perhaps just getting something new also....
     
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    As someone who works with computers...

    4 full years isn't a bad run for a laptop. Ideally it won't die by then, but if it happens (and your warranty is out) I'd suggest just getting a new system instead of trying to repair it.
     
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    If you want to keep using Acer, This laptop is pretty good. It has an 8th Gen i7 with 512 SSD and 8 GB of RAM. you can always upgrade the RAM at a future date. The biggest thing, is you want a computer that has an SSD. Most computers in that price range has a standard HDD or a 256 GB SSD.

    https://www.newegg.com/p/1TS-000X-01GC1

    Also, it does sound like the battery on your existing laptop is likely going bad, but you can try a BIOS update. That sometimes fixes battery issues since the battery of a laptop is generally tied with the system BIOS.
     
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