On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 02:49:28PM +0530, Girish Kulkarni wrote: > On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Klistvud wrote: >> My sister has an even older Dell (it must be at least 5 or 6 years) >> which still lasts just under an hour on the *original* battery. In >> the meantime, I've had at least 3 or 4 batteries in two different >> Compaqs die on me. She never unplugged the battery in all these >> years; she couldn't care less, really ... > > Battery life depends more on how many charge-discharge cycles it has > gone through than its absolute age. > > But on a different note, many Dell batteries (especially older ones) > have a "charge gauge" on them which can tell you about the battery > charge and, more importantly, the "battery health" (whatever than > means). Could someone explain how this works?
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/ -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org