On 12 Dec, this message from Rog�rio Brito echoed through cyberspace: > On quinta-feira, dez 12, 2002, at 14:42 America/Sao_Paulo, Michael > Flaig wrote: >> on my pismo the battery can't hold 100% charge. When the battery is >> 100% >> full, charging is stopped until the battery lost 5% ... > > That's interesting. On my iBook2, I don't see that much decharging, but > I definitely do see some. > >> i think apple keeps the battery full by recharging it when it lost 5% >> capacity and not keep charging ... because full is full :-) > > Well, I'd expect it to not use the battery at all (and also to disable > the charging process) when the notebook is plugged on the wall. This > would mean that less charge-recharge cycles would be needed and the > battery would last longer. > > Does this also occur to other powerbooks (e.g. the TiBooks)?
I definitely see it on a Dell laptop. I'm not aware of it happening on my TiBook first-gen, but I'd expect it to. The point is AFAICT that the battery will self-dicharge at a more or less slow rate, and this charge loss will be compensated by regularly recharging the battery a bit. In general, this is considered good practice and doesn't adversly affect battery life. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
