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Looking at a replacement 9-cell battery for my Dell 1525 I've noticed that the OEM batteries that Dell sells are up to 3x more expensive than batteries sold by a 3rd party vendor. Is the Dell premium worth it? What experiences have you had buying replacement batteries?
Check the Dell website for customer reviews of their AC adapters. You'll quickly see that Dell's own stuff is very poor quality, apparently built to fail in about 2 years, so that you'll have to pay for a new one (they get about a 90% profit margin on them). – MGOwen – 2010-05-26T01:31:29.737
Though it may be subjective/argumentive, I feel that you can't really argue with Wil's answer. It's just good advice! – Ivo Flipse – 2010-01-18T09:54:32.080