Physically, this item is nearly identical to the Dell branded battery. There are no quality issues at all. It does have the battery meter on the bottom, just like the original one. Since my Dell unit crapped out after 18mo, I can't do any side by side comparisons, but I think the original unit had a bit more capacity. I recall getting 4 hours on my D620 running Fedora Linux (thought that was for maybe the first couple months). This unit is maybe 3-3.5 but again, I haven't really done any scientific tests. It could be that I'm just harder on the battery now than I was then. Either way, it's a steal at roughly 1/3 the cost of the Dell unit.
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