[Hudlug] Semi-OT - Laptop advice, please
Chris Wood
chris at thesprocket.org
Fri Jun 24 09:36:37 BST 2005
Roger Greenwood wrote:
>Hi Anne,
>
>Rubbish - you need the battery in to get it charged up, and to provide
>UPS facility. All laptops will float charge the battery when on mains.
>
>
>
Agreed, however some words of caution, from practical experience.
I've had a Sony Vaio laptop for a little over three years now, and it's
currently on it's *third* battery.
I can only put this down to the fact that 95% of the time the laptop is
plugged into the mains and sitting on my desk. Thus it's getting a lot
of time sitting on trickle charge. Or maybe it's Sony's InfoLithium
batteries that are rubbish.
Whatever, the batteries consistently die after about 12-18months in the
above scenario, at least in my experience.
For the third battery I've taken to removing it if the laptop is going
to be on my desk for a while (i.e. weeks).
Hmmm... Cat amongst the pigeons...
Regards,
Chris
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