[Hudlug] Semi-OT - Laptop advice, please

[Anne Wilson]

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On Friday 24 Jun 2005 09:32, Chris Wood wrote:
>
> 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).
>
Noted.  So maybe it depends on whether it's getting a fair mix of battery 
and mains use.  Thanks for the input.

Anne
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