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Originally Posted by margaritaville  I have a sony vaio pcg-fr35 it is a few years old. It has been good to use as a laptop but the battery power is horrible. It only stays charged for about 15min then needs to be plugged in again and is awful warm on your lap. So portablility is not great. Did you look and see if consumers reports has any info? |
If your battery life is that bad then you need a new one. When your home I would suggest a direct plug and not the battery. I think the standard battery that comes with most Laptops are ok. Plus a lot of the older batteries have the memory thing in them that makes it so that it will take only so many charges.
My mom got a new dell laptop last year and I kept on telling her to unplug it and not use it plugged in and with the battery a the same time becuase it defeats the purpose. She didn't listen and now needs a new battery.
I don't have a subscription to consumers digest. I have to see how much it runs to sign up for it. I would like to find out more information about this laptop.
Thanks so much for your input. Any information will be a great help.