> often for the price of a new battery you are already
> a large part of the way towards just getting a newer
> system (a raspberry pi might work for some people and
> be much better instead).
New batteries for a Dell Vostro 1520 seem to run around $30 (according
to a quick search for "battery dell vostro 1520").
If the machine is used as a kind of server then a small SBC (like an
EspressoBin, or <foo> Pi) might indeed be a good option, but a new
battery is not a large investment. And while old, a Core 2 Duo is still
pretty competitive against those small boxes.
Stefan "doing most of his work on a Thinkpad T61"
