On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 13:41 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 10:50 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > With my Toshiba A105-S4004, they tell you not to leave it plugged in > > after the battery is charged if you are not using it. But I am not > > sure how much that has to do with heat, and how much it has to do > > with battery life. I have a neighbor that used her laptop more as a > > desktop, and left it plugged in all the time. Her battery life > > dropped to nothing in about 2 years. (10 minutes from full charge to > > dead.) > > It's generally a good idea to make use of rechargable batteries - run > the device they're meant for, using the batteries, from time to time. > Quite apart from the technical reasons, of keeping the batteries > alive, > there's not much point owning them (and paying for them) if you don't > make use of them. Au contraire , there is lots o reasons. One is when I am running the machine at home for 3 hours with a battery that runs it for 2 hrs and 14 minutes. On DELL D810 it is designed to run that way so why not? -- ======================================================================= He keeps differentiating, flying off on a tangent. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
