[iBook] Newbie: age old question concerning battery

[Brian Olesky]

On 2/13/05 9:26 PM, "Jay Hill" <jayh at jalehill.com> 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.

>From what I've read, I believe that's incorrect. According to Apple's site,
you get so many "full charges" per battery. So if you drain half the
battery, then recharge it, then drain half again some other time and
recharge, that's one full charge. In other words, it's no longer necessary
to run your battery all the way to empty before recharging.

Brian