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Repair, replace, refund, cancel

Posted by Mike Bamya on

Repair, replace, refund, cancel

Under Australian Consumer Law, most products and services bought in Australia (from 1 January 2011) come with an 'automatic consumer guarantee' that the product or service you purchased will work and do what it says it will. When am I not entitled to a repair, replacement or refund?Rights to a repair, replacement, refund, cancellation or compensation do not apply to items:purely for business use worth more than $100,000 (such as machinery or farming equipment)bought at auction where the auctioneer acted as an agent for the owner (but you do have rights to full title, undisturbed possession and no unknown debts...

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How long laptop battery will last?

Posted by Mike Bamya on

How long laptop battery will last?

Laptop rechargeable Lithium-Ion/Lithium-Polymer batteries have a limited life and will gradually lose their ability to hold as much charge, compared to the original design capacity. As the battery loses capacity, the run time will decreases. The average run time for most laptops is between 1.5 hours to 4 hours depending on the battery age and laptop model and what applications are being used. There are many factors that will also reduce the how long the battery will last such as screen size, screen brightness, laptops with dual graphics, temperature, number of processor cores, CPU running speed and power plan, all...

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