On Friday 14 July 2006 03:47, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote this for perusal by us all: >--> Sean Perry on Thursday 13 Jul 2006 01:37 wrote: >--> >--> > That said, most laptop batteries degrade performance significantly if >--> > left plugged into the mains 24/7. So only plug in for refills. >--> >--> That's scary. >--> >--> I've been using my laptop 24/7 plugged into the mains. >--> >--> Can you refer me to some documentation which details about it ? >--> >--> Thanks, >--> Ritesh >--> -- >--> Ritesh Raj Sarraf
My first laptop, some obscure name I no longer recall, back in the middle 90's had a battery that lasted for over 5 years, till it finally was only good for a few minutes. It was running a windows system. It was run off generator electricity because we had no other, and a desktop would be broken by that rough electrical power. When running on battery and the warning came up to save and switch to electrical power, I didn't do so. I just saved and shut down all programs except the card game and played that till the battery gave up and the laptop went down. This was to ensure that the battery didn't get a memory of any kind. Every time I turned on the computer it had to check disks etc.. But it didn't hurt the machine or the operating system. My current Acer 1350 lappy I run the same way. But have only had it for 2 years. There is no noticeable battery power loss as yet? [touch wood] But unlike the firt laptop, I don't run it on generator till the battery is charged, then on battery till its depleted, then on generator again. But I do use it as a desktop, but without the battery much of the time, because we have solar power now, when there is sufficient sunlight. HTH Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle. .......................................Henry David Thoreau .............................................................. Debian ________________________________________________________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
