I got the cheapest black friday sale laptop they had at walmart. It is a bitchin computer!!! On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 6:18 PM, keith smith wrote: > > I run 2 laptops all day - about 14 hours a day. I pulled both batteries. > They are in my desk drawer where they have been for 4+ months. > > Your saying it is better to just leave the battery in the laptop at 100% > than to remove it? > > I wonder what they life expectancy is? What would be your guess? > > I never take the these two laptops off A/C. > > I when to laptops last year in the hope of less heat. And I buy cheap > laptops. Both were on sale. Cheaper than a desktop. > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Sun, 5/6/12, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: laptop battery cycling > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012, 4:34 PM > > My VERY limited understanding is, the problem isn't "overcharging" > exactly. It's that Li-Ion batteries are weird. They last longest when > charged between 50% and 80% - as opposed to 100%. But bad news: > maintaining the battery at a level below 20% is just as bad as keeping it > at 100% if not worse, so...leaving it out really isn't a good solution > either. > > What we REALLY need is a switch or setting in the laptop that will cause a > 100% charge when you know you'll need more battery life soon, otherwise the > default charge level is maintained at around 75%. But that would confoose > too many people...might be a good FOSS project for geeks though? > > Failing that, the best solution is to leave it in there. Yes, the battery > will slowly degrade. But, at least you have protection from a sudden crash > if you accidentally the power plug :(. If you can afford it, run two > batteries - swapping once every week or two (or however long it takes for > it to naturally drain to about 50%), with the one about to go on the shelf > being deliberately drained to about 80% first. > > Jim > > On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Robert Holtzman > > wrote: > > For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. > > In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC > with the battery installed because it would cause reduced battery > capacity. This raises two questions. First, is it true that laptop > batteries don't have overcharge protection, and second, how many cycles > is a battery like mine good for? > > -- > Bob Holtzman > If you think you're getting free lunch, > check the price of the beer. > Key ID: 8D549279 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk+nBncACgkQv5BYD41UknmLzgCZAdcVTtb1rXlcYNq15fkxqieJ > hP4AoJbCgJ0yPgIsMqdCGeNvWOBnQ2pz > =chRS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: