@evilstevie a pillowing battery inside mine cracked the front and back case before I replaced it, and I put in a new SSD, otherwise it's unchanged and still works for everything except streaming and gaming.
@neotoy *except* gaming? my netbook only just doesn't play Unreal Tourney at a usable speed ;)
yeah, batteries are a consumable at a certain point.
RIP removable batteries :'(
@neotoy jeez, just realised the "new" laptop turns ten this year. i7-7500u with 32gb of ram has lasted well, despite a drop which broke part of the lid a year in.
apparently it won't run Win11, which is reassuring. should probably do a clean Ubuntu install this decade though