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<blockquote data-quote="Kyomii" data-source="post: 405674" data-attributes="member: 7328"><p>I am afraid I disagree. It is a common misconception. Another Mac forum where I work on, the administrator runs his laptop without charging it and then charges it when necessary.</p><p></p><p>However, when I challenged him about this, because he said it was better for the battery, it turns out that my battery has kept its almost new state, and his is can only charge to 59 percent of what it was as new. </p><p></p><p>His laptop is two years newer than mine AND he is on his second battery. My G4 powerbook can be charged to 94 per cent of its original maH capacity and it is over 3 years old - still on first battery.</p><p></p><p>I have always kept mine plugged in and then once a month I let it completely drain to calibrate it and recharge it.</p><p></p><p>I have done this with every laptop I have owned, and never ever had an issue with laptop batteries. I have a 5 year old laptop that is perfectly fine with its original battery also - very little degradance in performance.</p><p></p><p>It is up to you, but remember a battery only has so many charge cycles - so the more you are charging it the sooner you will have to buy a battery.</p><p></p><p>So, in essence, recharging the battery weakens it, not the other way around.</p><p></p><p>You can check the capacity of your battery (or what is left of it) using <a href="http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/" target="_blank">http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/</a> </p><p></p><p>As long as you discharge it once a month you should be fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyomii, post: 405674, member: 7328"] I am afraid I disagree. It is a common misconception. Another Mac forum where I work on, the administrator runs his laptop without charging it and then charges it when necessary. However, when I challenged him about this, because he said it was better for the battery, it turns out that my battery has kept its almost new state, and his is can only charge to 59 percent of what it was as new. His laptop is two years newer than mine AND he is on his second battery. My G4 powerbook can be charged to 94 per cent of its original maH capacity and it is over 3 years old - still on first battery. I have always kept mine plugged in and then once a month I let it completely drain to calibrate it and recharge it. I have done this with every laptop I have owned, and never ever had an issue with laptop batteries. I have a 5 year old laptop that is perfectly fine with its original battery also - very little degradance in performance. It is up to you, but remember a battery only has so many charge cycles - so the more you are charging it the sooner you will have to buy a battery. So, in essence, recharging the battery weakens it, not the other way around. You can check the capacity of your battery (or what is left of it) using [URL]http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/[/URL] As long as you discharge it once a month you should be fine. [/QUOTE]
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