None of the above. You got some pluses and some minuses with this purchase. I say they balance out. You should really never expect that a laptop battery in a machine that old will have any sort of reasonable life expectancy left. Always assume the battery will be DOA and lower your bid accordingly. If you are technically inclined, and the cells are still available, it may be possible to rebuild the battery. There are articles posted all over the internet about how to rebuild a laptop battery, so I won't go into detail about it, but it's not really that difficult and is the only way to bring some older machines back from the dead.