I’ve had this laptop for seven years. It’s an Acer Nitro (cheesy name I know). Replaced the ssd and upgraded the memory around 2024, it goes beautifully despite its age. However the battery is running at about 64% efficiency and I’m dreading that any day now it’s going to swell or something.
It’s an easy laptop to take apart and updrade to an extent. I know the battery is replaceable. The problem is I wonder if it’s worth it to just buy a new laptop. Problem is I can’t really afford to get a new laptop unless I get something worse than what I have now. Plus I’m not sure how long it’s got to live even if I replace the battery.
Plus I’m… attached to the little guy. I’ve spent so much work fixing it and it’s always run so well that I’m sentimental now.
if you cant afford a better laptop, get the battery. but try and find a good battery. i feel like replacement batteries tend to suck more than the original. keep the old one if it’s not swollen just in case the new battery is bad.