Yeah thats the one thing with laptops is that if something breaks ie harddrive or goes bad ie battery its almost worth it just to buy a new one with working parts.
My gateway is nearing 3 years old & the battery gave way not too long ago, $115 for a new battery or I can spend $300 more and get a new laptop with a larger monitor, 4x the harddrive space, 2x the memory and pretty much any processor is going to be better than my 1.4ghz celeron.
Unfortunatly broken laptops usually aren't really gifts lol
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