Hi, My turn for some comments on laptop batteries. 1. It is on topic. laptop are becoming more and more frequent. If you look at the advertising for "anything" on T.V, you will notice that laptops have started appearing more frequently than desktops. Students at uni/school are now being encouraged to buy laptops - not desktops.
2. yes, Nicads do have memory, and do not cope well with being charged when only at half capacity. "theoretically", one should discharge them almost fully before recharging them. The practicalities of achieving this are horrible. It is much much easier to just plug them in when power is available. It is conceivable that with this option, you are nicely discharging your battery, and are at 10% left, when you happen to be away from power. Oops, battery is now at 0%, you can't run the laptop, and you want to use the laptop. 3.If you have lithium ion or some other expensive battery, this memory problem is not near so significant. Conseqently, the available capacity after 2 years of use is better. My view;. Do it simple, plug it in when you get a chance. Try not to leave the battery in a discharged state. When the battery is really bad, go buy a bigger laptop. ======================= > > I have heard many conflicting opinions about what one is supposed to do, > > and not do, to keep it in good health. Welcome to the world of computers. Lots of people tell you lots of different things. I once heard that hyperthreading is really good when playing DVD's. You have one part of the CPU for video, and other part for audio. Derek. ================================================================================== On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Ralph Stoker wrote: > On Friday 03 December 2004 17:13, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > I have heard many conflicting opinions about what one is supposed to do, > > and not do, to keep it in good health. > > I've run my Acer laptop for 6 years now simply plugging into the mains at > every opportunity when using for an extended period or critical data input. > It is fitted with a Lithium Ion battery and maintains enough charge to run > for > around 85% of new battery capacity. I've charged the battery thousands of > times from a partial to almost fully charged condition through daily use. > Personally I wouldn't unduly worry about battery condition prior to charging > if the battery is Lithium Ion type as long as you are prepared to accept the > fact that its ability to retain charge will diminish over time..period. > > > Cheers > Ralph > > > -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. This PC runs pine on linux for email IndraNet Technologies Ltd. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine ph +64 3 365 6485 Please do not notify me when (apparently) receiving a Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ windows virus from me......
