Battery / mains question

[whitecrook]

Hi all

Got an X31 laptop and am pretty happy with it, thinkpads really are pretty awesome. And trackpoints > trackpads

Anyway the battery life is great - over 4 hours from max charge (wifi off) and was wondering how best to car for the battery or what other people do.


Do i/Should I :

1. Plug into mains anytime I like, regardless of remaining battery life?


2. If using battery for any length of time, continue to use the battery until ~10% (the pop up tells me to plug into ac mains immedietly)?

3. ever run the battery till the laptop dies - (why?)

4. just do what ever I like - the battery will last a couple of years regardless?

5. Avoid using the battery at any oppurtunity, if mains AC is available?


Thanks all just looking for views / best practice to follow.


Cheers

 

[whitecrook]

mm. t bh I have never timed it, but i think it's roughly 4 hours, I just go by the meter, although I noticed 2 the other day and 1 read 27 minutes, and the other read 1:30. When fully charged the one on the right reads 5:47 left, the main one i use reads 4:30 ish left... how to calibrate the meters?




Good tip about using (or not) the lappy while charging.

And if I am to use AC, should I remove the battery? If the battery drops to 99% then I plug in AC, does this count as a recharge cycle?


i.e. point no5, should I avoid switching the laptop on and while-its-booting, finding and pluggin in the AC adaptor, then when boot up or just logging in, pluggin in th AC. is that bad mmm k?

regards,