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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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zgl
United States1055 Posts
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Guidelines_for_prolonging_Li-ion_battery_life Some laptop's power management software lets you specify how much charging takes place. I set my power manager to stop charging at 80% by default, and only increase to 100% when I know I will need the extra capacity. Also, you can get cheap batteries on eBay. I bought a 9cell (for my ThinkPad) for $65 shipped. | ||
micronesia
United States24514 Posts
On December 11 2008 13:31 JMave wrote: He's trying to say something like do you keep the adapter plugged into your laptop even after its done charging. Because if that's what you're doing, it fucks the battery over time. Overcharge and all that nonsense. I often have my laptop on for several hours, so even if it's charged I leave the AC adapter in so it won't die :-/ I guess I could pop out the battery whenever I don't need it? | ||
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yenta
Poland1142 Posts
First, a no name company "vpr matrix" http://www.vprmatrix.com/ that sold through best but b/c the laptop looked cool - after two years, the backlight broke, the unit powering the backlight broke (700$ fix lol), the harddrive died when i turned it into a music streaming server, the network card died as well. It was a pretty shitty computer. Second, dell - two things died - the battery after about 2.5 years, got a replacement from dell for 150$ since i had a inspiron - the ac adaptor broke after about 3 years - got a imitation adaptor for like 35$ - its still running, although the fan is loud as all hell b/c it overheats. Now i have a benq i bought used for pretty much free, so far its been ok. Im expecting to have to buy a new computer in like 1-1.5 years. | ||
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