[X4U] Laptop battery life?

[T.L. Miller]

On 11/18/07, at 8:32 PM, Xavier Noria fxn at hashref.com said:

>> In other words:
>> - Load the battery when it's empty
>> - Unplug the battery when it's full
>
>I have no clue about batteries. How do you reconcile that  
>recommendation with estimated battery life measured as cycles? The  
>more you unplug, the faster you consume charging cycles.
>
>The battery of this MacBook has a health of 63% with 438 cycles in 1.5  
>years. It performs poorly and I thought that was due to abusing the  
>battery. I mean, I could use it plugged sometimes at home and I  
>didn't. I wondered wheter a battery that is rarely unplugged lasts  
>fine for more time.

My MacBook (an original one) shows that its battery health is "good," a
cycle count of only 11 and yet when I restart after letting it sit fully
charged and unplugged for 5 or 6 days, the charged percentage has
dropped to around 94 or 95%. 

Whoever pointed out the battery aspect of System Profiler -- thank you.

BTW, System Profiler doesn't show as much battery information on my 12"
AlBook. The "Health" report is missing. 





Tom Miller
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