Originally Posted by
nkedel
The down side to that is weight, of course.
I know! It's better now that airplanes have real plugs and not cigarette lighter plugs, but I still value (and use) the extra battery life.
I've never gotten into the guts of one of those, but most Dells make a keyboard replacement pretty easy, and they're one of the cheaper parts.
They actually swapped the keyboard when they replaced the hard drive, and you're right--it seemed pretty easy. But whether it's battery or keyboard or something else, I just have a hard time justifying spending money on a computer that's this old. I'd rather stop using it before it's completely falling apart so it can serve as a backup unit in a pinch.
Hate which part? Keyboard and ergonomics?
It was one that had the mouse integrated into the palmrest/keyboard with no defined mouse buttons and I kept brushing against it. It also seemed as if pressure anywhere on the palmrest seemed to activate the mouse, so I really hated both ergonomics and the keyboard.