Get integrated battery or not??

baby fish

Going to buy a new laptop , I currently have a HP with CORE i3 2330m 4GB.
I have picked out the following two from DELL, the spec on both are more than I need

Just wondering about the battery really, is an integrated battery difficult/expensive to replace????

Any advice welcome , thank you.:)
This is what I'm looking at:

Dell Inspiron 15 5000 with
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8250U,
8GB, DDR4, 2400MHz,
1TB HDD
Intel Integrated Graphics UHD
INTEGRATED battery , 42WHr, 3-Cell Battery

OR

Dell Inspiron 15 3000 with
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-7200U,
8GB, DDR4, 2400MHz,
1TB HDD
Intel® HD graphics 620 with shared graphics memory
REMOVEABLE battery, 40 Whr, 4-Cell Battery

Alanstrainor

I presume it's the cheapest option here:

http://www.dell.com/en-ie/shop/laptops/inspiron-15-5000/spd/inspiron-15-5570-laptop

Most batteries are integrated these days. It means manufacturers can make laptops smaller and slimmer. Batteries should last a long time really, I'm typing on a 5.5 year old laptop here with an integrated battery and it's still performing well, (at least 80% of what it was new, likely better).

As for the two laptops mentioned above, I would go with the first. The processor is better, 4 cores instead of 2.

fleet

Go for an SSD instead of that spinning disk. Sure you'll give up some internal space, but your lovely new 8th Gen. Intel will only shine when it's fed data fast enough.

External 1TB are under 50 Euro.

Hotblack Desiato

I bought an Inspiron 15 5000 series just under a year ago.

Integrated battery, but Dell provide instructions online for removing and replacing any part. No special tools needed either.

get the one with the 8250 i5 chip. 50% more perf than the other cpu.

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-8250U+%40+1.60GHz
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-7200U+%40+2.50GHz


the inspiron 15 has a dvd drive. swap that out for an ssd and a cd-drive holder for the ssd. less than 70 euro on amazon for both.
then you have a big hd and a fast ssd in the same machine.
the inspiron 15 5000 also has a full hd 1080p screen vs worse 720p one in the 15 3000.
nobody should buy a laptop with less than 1080p these days.

baby fish

Thanks all for replying..

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Batteries should last a long time really, I'm typing on a 5.5 year old laptop here with an integrated battery and it's still performing well, (at least 80% of what it was new, likely better).

This sounds like a really good life span for a battery.
Have you looked after it in someway to maintain a performance like this?
My current laptop battery lasted 2 - 3 years.

Wondering is it better to keep laptop plugged in when beside a socket ( I am beside one all day) and then just use battery when on the move.....or is it better to use battery then charge /use/charge/use/charge etc ( this is what I usually do) I presume its the wrong thing to do?

Hotblack Desiato

Better to keep it plugged in as much as possible, on my Dell there is a BIOS option to set the charging profile to maximise the battery life when mostly using it plugged in. Charge/discharge cycles along with time is what kills the battery eventually and by keeping it plugged in you can keep the charge cycles down. Also try to limit how deeply you discharge the battery e.g. if you plug it back in at 50% and then charge it it's only half a charge cycle.

Alanstrainor

baby fish wrote: »

Thanks all for replying..



This sounds like a really good life span for a battery.
Have you looked after it in someway to maintain a performance like this?
My current laptop battery lasted 2 - 3 years.

Wondering is it better to keep laptop plugged in when beside a socket ( I am beside one all day) and then just use battery when on the move.....or is it better to use battery then charge /use/charge/use/charge etc ( this is what I usually do) I presume its the wrong thing to do?

I gave up putting too much thought into battery care to be honest. But for the most part my laptop gets used while plugged in. But if I wanted/needed to use it on the battery I would do so, no point worrying too much about these things imo.