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Is it worth replacing the battery

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Slammy1

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A friend has an older laptop (Athlon 1400+, puts it in the 2001-2003 era). It's an old thing, but it plays multimedia well. It will play a DVD for 20 minutes then shut down from a low battery. Watching the battery go down it seems fast (based on the rate on drop, I'd have estimated he had an hour and a half if it was a linear drop), but there's a sudden drain with it. Looking at the cost of new batteries, he'd pay around $50 (shipped) to replace it but I didn't want him to spend the money unless I'm pretty sure it will fix the issue. Am I missing anything here? Thanks for the help.
 
You guys are all wrong... it is obviously the battery.... psh amateurs
 
The battery you say... Sorry for such an obvious question, I've put together a fair number of desktops but don't have much laptop experience. Thanks for the help!
 
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