[iBook] Newbie: age old question concerning battery

Miche Doherty miche at beeb.net
Mon Feb 14 00:51:32 PST 2005


On 14 Feb 2005, at 3:26 am, Jay Hill wrote:

> And, while memory effects in modern batteries are much reduced from 
> what
> they were a few years ago, you will still suffer a loss in the charge a
> battery will hold if it is not completely drained first, resulting in a
> shorter battery life.

Lithium-ion batteries do not suffer from the memory effect: topping 
them up before they are fully discharged does not shorten battery life.

Miche.



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