this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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That laptop is no longer a laptop, it is a bomb.

TranscriptA photo of an extremely swollen HP laptop. The panels are kept on with clips. The caption says: "User calls about disc being stuck in another computer, mentions off hand about this laptop. They'd been using it like this for weeks...

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

An HP with a fucked up battery. Jaw dropping.

It’s like they go out of your way to give you fucked up defective batteries. Then they make their laptops nearly unserviceable, so when I get a replacement battery I tear the shit out of the case to get it open.

And it’s always hp. I’ve had other laptops for 10 years with functioning batteries. These HPs fail in like a year or two. I have one now covered in stickers from all the damage I had to do to open it and replace the battery.

[–] Lazhward@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I had to replace the battery on mine twice already. Last time buying HP for sure.

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