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Best for battery life...plugged in constantly or no?
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<blockquote data-quote="bjmini" data-source="post: 1098007" data-attributes="member: 168392"><p>I've read so much on batteries over the years that I'm not sure if many people on the net really know about them, but everybody seems to have their own idea. I have gathered that batteries have a finite life in terms of charge cycles, but also you have to exercise them some and it helps to do it a certain way.</p><p></p><p>I've read that with Litium Ion batteries if you run the battery down to 50% and recharge it, that counts as 1/2 cycle, if you run it down to 0 and recharge it that counts as a full cycle. I've also read that the calibration can get out of whack and the computer will report limited life when the battery might have more life in it. I saw a procedure for PC's where you disable the warnings and let the battery run down all the way, then the PC knows at what point the battery is really out.</p><p></p><p>I've also noticed that batteries can vary a lot from one to another, no matter what the manufacturer is. I've heard of lots of people with iphones with dead batteries, and I've seen macbooks on craigslist with dead batteries, so Apple isn't immune. Three people in my family have Dell notebooks- one battery lasted 1 year, 1 battery lasted 2 years, the third one is still working after 5 years. I went online to buy a new battery for my mother. I searched lots of sellers, and on Amazon you can read reviews on many of the sellers. Every seller had a lot of customers that had good luck with their products, and a few who said their batteries were crap. So all that leads me to believe that whoever is actually making the batteries (Apple doesn't make their own batteries for instance) either has quality control problems or that is just the nature of Lithium Ion battery manufacturing.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the long winded response but I believe in exercising a battery some. I use my notebooks at home on the dining table quite a bit, and what I do is plug the machine in for two or three days while using it, then the fourth day I run it on the battery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bjmini, post: 1098007, member: 168392"] I've read so much on batteries over the years that I'm not sure if many people on the net really know about them, but everybody seems to have their own idea. I have gathered that batteries have a finite life in terms of charge cycles, but also you have to exercise them some and it helps to do it a certain way. I've read that with Litium Ion batteries if you run the battery down to 50% and recharge it, that counts as 1/2 cycle, if you run it down to 0 and recharge it that counts as a full cycle. I've also read that the calibration can get out of whack and the computer will report limited life when the battery might have more life in it. I saw a procedure for PC's where you disable the warnings and let the battery run down all the way, then the PC knows at what point the battery is really out. I've also noticed that batteries can vary a lot from one to another, no matter what the manufacturer is. I've heard of lots of people with iphones with dead batteries, and I've seen macbooks on craigslist with dead batteries, so Apple isn't immune. Three people in my family have Dell notebooks- one battery lasted 1 year, 1 battery lasted 2 years, the third one is still working after 5 years. I went online to buy a new battery for my mother. I searched lots of sellers, and on Amazon you can read reviews on many of the sellers. Every seller had a lot of customers that had good luck with their products, and a few who said their batteries were crap. So all that leads me to believe that whoever is actually making the batteries (Apple doesn't make their own batteries for instance) either has quality control problems or that is just the nature of Lithium Ion battery manufacturing. Sorry for the long winded response but I believe in exercising a battery some. I use my notebooks at home on the dining table quite a bit, and what I do is plug the machine in for two or three days while using it, then the fourth day I run it on the battery. [/QUOTE]
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