should i buy a new battery or just get a new laptop?

Question

i've had this hp g60 laptop for about a year and a half now. recently it's been randomly shutting down and overheating regularly and it's pretty slow too. it told me to buy a new battery, however, they cost £100 so i was just wondering whether i should get one or just buy a new laptop? i'll be starting sixth form college this year and i'd like to have a nice, fast reliable laptop but i also don't want to go spending money unnecessarily especially with uni coming up soon. i was also thinking of getting a macbook (with my student discount) if i do decide to get a new laptop :D i'll be studying maths and economics which won't really require a mac although i enjoy doing other cool stuff like making music and editing photos. hmm yay, nay?

lol thanks :)

Answer 1

If its randomly shutting down then you should make sure that the vents are not being blocked, not on a soft surface, the fans are cleaned and you aren't running a lot of programs. If its randomly shutting down then its not your battery since batteries (dead or alive) don't do that. You should first see if its over heating, then if it continues, back it up and reformat (because it might be a virus) and then decide from there. For your situation I think the best way is if you reformat your computer or laptop. Before you do, make sure you back up all your important files and transfer them to a new hard drive.

This is a device that allows you to do so:

http://www.topmicrousa.com/bt-300.html



You connect the old hard drive to this device, and then the device to a another computer or laptop via USB. You would then be able to access all the files on it.

I got the device off a PC World Magazine Article.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

When the laptop randomly shuts down and overheats it is most likely to be dust build up on the fan and heat sink not the battery. Try to clean the fan and heat sink, if it still overheats then just get a new laptop. It is not worth putting too much money on an old laptop.

If you are getting short run-times between 30 - 60mins, then replace the battery, not all laptop batteries are expensive depends on where you get it from and the durability. I had bought a new laptop battery for my Acer laptop from Ebay and it costs £22.99. The reason why it is cheap is because the battery comes from another country and the battery is not a Smart Battery.

A Smart Battery is a microchip that shows the battery State Of Charge, State Of Health, Designed Capacity, Current Capacity, Charge/Discharge Rate, Voltage, Charge Cycle Count etc.

The battery I have got is not a Smart Battery and only give the State Of Charge and capacity level.



If your laptop does not overheat after you have cleaned the fan and heat sink, then you should consider on getting a new laptop battery for max run-time. But it is up to to you.

A new laptop will give you a new battery and laptop and do not have to worry about the laptop overheating and short run-time.

Answer 3

What I would do..



Open it up it needs to be cleaned out if overheating that often.



Back up important files, Restore it to factory settings, If you don't have a recovery disk set make one after the base restoration "not before".



Run Dban on it to remove all personal files forever then reinstall the OS with the restore disks. This will take several hours but your personal data will be safe from recovery.



Buy the battery get a used one.



Sell it for what ever of whatever the euro equivalent of $140-$160 U.S.D. is.To move it quick.



Use the proceeds of the sale towards a newer Laptop or Macbook "your choice".



There's nothing wrong with it for general use computing once it's cleaned up a bit.

Answer 4

I would say go for the Macbook it will save you money in the long run especially having to buy Virus protection every year. The battery life on it is one of the best too so Macbook would seem like an excellent choice if your willing to chalk up the money for it.

Answer 5

Dirty fans makes it randomly shutdown and overheating, please clean it. and if your battery runs normally; laptop detects it or can charge. You don't need to buy new battery.

And how about slow speed? There are 2 possibilities:

First, Many junk files in registry must be cleaned, in this case, regedit, disk clean up and Disk Defragmenter is helpful. if no change, follow second possibility:

Second, Virus attacked your computer. Please use antivirus to scan and clean it. if problem still exists, Backup your data files and reformat your hard disk is the best to solve this case.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

As your workstation is very new, you will desire to be waiting to get a alternative one quite hassle-free, i'd stay clean from inexpensive ones you will desire to discover on ebay or comparable, as a lot are imports from china and as a result would desire to no longer be real and my no longer be secure, have heard of information of inexpensive ones over heating and catching hearth. pc international or curries are a good initiate, or pass onto HP web site, they might have online save or particularly they are going to recommend the place you will desire to be waiting to purchase one.

Answer 8

I would definately suggest to buy new laptop





Get it from a website that u know is reliable



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Answer 9

I would just get a new battery for your laptop, You shouln't spend all that money for a new computer.{JaXter363}

Answer 10

new battery and paint job for labtop lol