Battery Replacement: 300 CNY Dilemma | Generated by AI
Borderline. 300 CNY is ~30-40% of what the whole machine is worth.
Worth it if:
- You’ll actually carry it around (car, travel, cafes)
- You want a portable Fedora dev box with 16 GB RAM
- You don’t plan to buy another laptop soon
Skip it if:
- It’ll stay plugged in most of the time (it’s fine as a server at 59%)
- You’re planning to get a newer machine anyway
- The Lenovo covers all your portable needs
My take: If you’re keeping the machine, 300 CNY is still cheap for 6-8 hrs of portable Linux. But if it’s mostly going to sit on a desk as a server, the 59% battery is fine — just leave it plugged in. Save the 300 CNY.
How do you plan to use it?