On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 08:29:38AM +0100, syd wrote:
Not specifically linux - hope no-one is bothered by that. You people are my front-line support for any compter advice.
I've just bought a T-series Thinkpad. It has Lithium-Ion batteries. AFAIR these do not have the 'memory' effect so does that really mean in practice that it is perfectly OK to give short booster charges no matter what the state of charge/discharge?
You can give booster charges, would probably be best to avoid it if you can though.
Also, I think I've seen somewhere that keeping the laptop on mains power withthe battery installed will lead to reduced battery life. Is this the case?
yes, at least in my experience, had to buy an expensive replacement battery for my vaio earlier this year because i left the battery plugged in all the time and the old crap laptop I own also shows the same problem. Of course if you leave the battery disconnected from the laptop while on mains power then when the inevitable power failure happens you don't have a built in ups...
Adam