Sending again, the first time I didn't see it post. G. R. Hanson wrote: > When I got my laptop 1.5 years ago the battery life was really pretty > good. I'm thinking it was 1.5 to 2. hours. > Right now it is 45 minutes. My laptop gets very hot. I did buy one > of those cool pads with fan and I have been using that to sit under it. > > Could someone inform me about batteries. Is it time to replace this one? > Can I increase the life of this one? > Do I purchase a new one from Dell only, or are there options? > <or anything else you wish to share with me that I need to know about > this subject>. > > Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0624-1, 06/13/2006 Tested on: 6/14/2006 3:16:07 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.