Originally Posted by FBinNY

I don't know about you, but for me, the batteries are the first thing to go in my laptops. By the time I'm looking at a new laptop, the battery is down to a shadow of its new capacity and can hardly hold a charge at all. In fact, the one in my current laptop is so weak it can barely power it for 15 minutes. Needless to say, I'm shopping for a replacement, but don't see any reason to salvage the cells.