.... One might as well acquiesce that the end has come for said laptop. This is the reason why older generations should have supervised access to technology. I gave my Mom my laptop, and when she returned it a long while later, it had developed the curious property of being unable to stay on for even a second if you pull the plug. Oh, and it had about twenty million viruses. It has no battery support whatsoever, and this is beyond annoying I must tell you. Imagine the infinite scenarios. Half typed term papers, emails, pictures, important documents, lost and destroyed in a split second of blackness. I weep. I weep I tell you, I weep. So the question now is whether to take the risk and buy a replacement battery for my beloved laptop (which is beginning to produce funny squeaky noises whenever I type) since HP doesn't carry my particular laptop any longer, or just save up and buy one of those