Let's see... it's at least four batteries I've bought now. The most recent one that Marie is thinking of was for a little old Acer AOD270 netbook. that was the 2nd battery I bought for it, and it didn't come with it's original, so it's on at least its 4th by nowYeah... battery's.. the positive is you can always buy new@Bree is almost an expert on this one.
.... and i am guilty to at least one *LOL*
My advice is get OEM batteries if at all possible. You get what you pay for, the cheap ones may not last long. Unfortunately the netbook is so old that the cheap ones are all that's available. I did get a Dell OEM one for another of my laptops though, that lasted very well.
From the photo that looks like an Alienware M17, and from the style of the Intel sticker it has an 8th or 9th gen i7/i9 making that an original M17 or an M17 R2. I've just checked Dell UK and they have the batteries in stock, this is the one for the M17.
Dell 4-cell 60 Wh Lithium Ion Replacement Battery for Select Laptops | Dell UK
Always on the go? No more worries about running out of battery power! You can power your Laptop with this 4-cell Lithium Ion Battery from Dell™. With a capacity of up to 60 Wh, this new battery lets your laptop work seamlessly while on the move.
www.dell.com
My Computers
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At a glance
Windows 11 HomeAMD Athlon Silver 3050U8GBRadeon Graphics- OS
- Windows 11 Home
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire 3 A315-23-R9VY
- CPU
- AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon Graphics
- Monitor(s) Displays
- laptop screen
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD (from April 2026: 250GB EVO 850)
- Internet Speed
- 150 Mbps
- Browser
- Edge, Firefox
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- UPDATE - 11 April 2026: due to lid hinges starting to break up this laptop has been retired from active duty. The OS with all software and files has been migrated to my System Seven in 'Other systems' to carry on as my general purpose 'main machine'.
I've now clean installed 25H2 and used Garlin's scripts to update Secure Boot to CA 2023 and revoke the PCA 2011 certificates. It's new role is to test secure boot issues.
Info for 2021-2026:
fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October 2021 it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update, 24H2 on 3rd October 2024 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 24H2, and 25H2 on 30th September 2025 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 25H2.
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At a glance
Windows 11 ProIntel® Core™ i5-520M8GB(integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Latitude E4310
- CPU
- Intel® Core™ i5-520M
- Motherboard
- 0T6M8G
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics card(s)
- (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Hard Drives
- 500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
- Browser
- Firefox, Edge
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround.
In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.
Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.
In-place upgrade to 24H2 using hybrid 23H2/24H2 install media.
Upgraded to 25H2 by Enablement Package.
Also running Insider Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds and Windows 10 as native boot .vhdx.
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My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.
My SYSTEM FOUR was a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (1st gen) type 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device. This has now been sold. It has been replaced by my System Eight.
My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 1TB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds (and a few others) as a native boot .vhdx.
My SYSTEM SIX is a Dell Latitude 5550, Core Ultra 7 165H, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, supported device, Windows 11 Pro, Hyper-V host machine. Updated to 25H2 on 30th September 2025.
My SYSTEM SEVEN is a Lenovo Thinkpad T580, 1920x1080 touchscreen, Intel Core i7-8650U, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 2nd 512GB NVMe SSD, a supported device for Windows 11. This is my current general purpose 'main machine'. The installed Windows 11 Home from my System One has been migrated to this machine. As its new home has an existing digital licence for Pro I've been able to upgrade the migrated OS from Home to Pro.
My SYSTEM EIGHT is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e (5th gen) type 20LN, Celeron N4120, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, a supported device for Windows 11. Currently running Windows 11 Pro, plus Insider Beta, Experimental 263xx and 29xxx builds as native boot vhdx.
this one is a 17.6" laptop. and i hate laptops less then 15".. there is my limit of usable laptop.
HP has 10-15 of them Dell as well as Asus, acer and all..
