NFR Computere Advice Please

[Peabody]

I recently brought a lap top. When I am using it, I keep it plugged into the mains. Someone has told me that this is bad practice and will shorten the life of the battery. Is this fact or fiction?

[gang]

As with mobile phones the battery should occasionally be allowed to run low before recharging this does prolong the life.

[WhiteJC]

the thing that really kills the battery is letting it run down a little bit and then recharging it, best to let it run down completely

[Lighthouse]

Although if you let it run down completely and forget about it for a year it bags its own bags and leaves, so you are just left with a memory what was, but is no longer. Until you can access it again with another battery.

[ImperialWhite]

Don't know what type of laptop you bought but I have a Sony and they have a 'battery care mode' which keeps the battery charged at 50%. They claim this prolongs the battery working life.

[finnster01]

Don't know what type of laptop you bought but I have a Sony and they have a 'battery care mode' which keeps the battery charged at 50%. They claim this prolongs the battery working life.

I wish that Sony used the same technology to extend the life of their computers. I have two crashed and burned Sony Vaio's laptops in a pile, but the batteries are the only thing that still works... :046: I'll never buy that pile of shite ever again.

[sipwell]

It is indeed better to either use your battery or to plug it in (without the battery). I haven't been doing so and because of that, my battery (after two years) has a life of 4 hours instead of the 8 it had 2 years ago.

So, if you can I would make sure your battery is allowed to run flat.