Mark, The thing that will most help your batteries overall is to use them. With the battery out of the machine, it discharges at a slower rate than when it was in the machine, but it still discharges. Leaving a battery on a shelf with no use will kill it just as sure as leaving it in the machine with no use... it'll just take a little longer ;-)
I leave my batteries in my machines all the time. I don't think I ever take them out. I always try to completely discharge and completely recharge my batteries at least once every couple of weeks. By totally discharging, I mean letting the computer run from battery power until it shuts itself off. Currently I still have a P166 PC based laptop that I bought brand new in 1997. It still has the original battery it came with. It still gives me consistent 2 hour running times from a full charge. Cheers, Sionnach __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
