While third party batteries for laptops are a common purchase for a lot of users, it looks like Lenovo’s new ThinkPad Edge E430 and E530 laptops won’t have a market for them. According to The Verge, they were informed by a source about the laptop’s “Battery Safeguard” feature. Apparently Battery Safeguard will prevent unofficial batteries from working on the laptops. Laptops with this feature will scan batteries for a special new chip that only Lenovo’s batteries will have and will refuse to work without it.
If the rumors turn out to be true, Lenovo customers will be forced into buying official batteries if they want some spares with them. Hopefully they won’t be ridiculously priced – or Lenovo customers won’t be very happy with the company. What do you think about this rumored Battery Safeguard feature? Should companies use it or should they let consumers choose who they can buy batteries from?
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