So, another question for allayall....

[akujunkan]

...especially any techheads.

So, I have a new laptop. It is a sexy, sexy little machine. It was love at first sight. I am besotted, and I want to keep it as happy with me as I am with it.

Now, I'd always operated under the assumption that the best way to conserve a laptop's battery was to not let it drain. I remember reading (in Wired, maybe) that completely depleting a battery's charge would cut subsequent battery life by half, and that the best strategy was to keep your machine plugged in at all times.

My new user's manual (which yes, I have read cover to cover) says that to conserve battery life the machine should be unplugged from the wall socket once charging is complete, and whenever it will not be in use for over eight hours.

So who is right?

In other news, RIP Delicious. I am sad sad sad to see you go.

That will be all.

Comments

[shoebucket.livejournal.com]

When in doubt, trust the manual.

They've made a lot of changes to batteries in the past few years, if memory serves correctly; it's hard to keep track of which is which between the ones that need to be depleted and the ones that should never be depleted. Some batteries have "memories" though, so they'll perform as they're used to performing.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Cheers--judging from the manual, it sounds like mine "remembers" its performance, so I'm gonna go ahead and follow the instructions^^ It's holding charge pretty nicely thus far--the only thing I need the battery for is Skype, and that's just to prevent it from making weird background noise.

[metal-dog5.livejournal.com]

As shoebucket says, trust the manual. (That you've read it.... who does that? ;D )

Yahoo are now denying the death of Delicious; instead they're going to offload it. The backlash must have scared 'em enough to worry for their other "services". I'd like to know why they didn't try to add value, such as a highlighting function and whatever else similar bookmarking sites use, and then add a paid premium tier. Not that I would have paid for it, but there's plenty of people who've paid for pinboard and <some site name eludes me> in the panic.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

(Hey, the manual is written in very clear, precise English. I like that kinda stuff.)

I wonder why they wanted to get rid of it anyway. Sure, it doesn't have the visibility or cachet of, say, Twatter, but it has a dedicated core of users (which would seem to be more valuable to me). But then again, what do I know--I'm a fandom undesirable>.~

[metal-dog5.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure about the visibility thing. While it wasn't promoted by Yahoo, it was well used by many sections of the internet, and as a good base for resources for academia. Fandom related bookmarks I would guess are a very small percentage of it's overall usage.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

No kidding. I came to it through fandom and that is pretty much all I used it for. Good to know that it has broader appeal, which isn't surprising given how insanely useful it is!

[fragilistikal.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure for lithium batteries (?) batteries should regularly be allowed to drain completely and recharged for maximum battery life. When the battery isn't used for a long period of time (as when the comp is plugged in) the max charge starts depleting.... This is my memory of my research into comp batteries, at least.

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me. I rarely need to use it beyond its battery life, and not having to lug the cord about with me shaves about two pounds off of its weight Win-win for all!

[fragilistikal.livejournal.com]

Oh, to help break in your new baby: http://library.nu

:DDD

What brand is it??? Maybe it's time for picture time???

[akujunkan.livejournal.com]

::::shiny::::

It's a Toshiba, BTW, which is pretty much the only laptop brand I trust (especially given that the older machine is six years old and still chugging along).

And never fear, there will be picspam. Oh, there will be picspam. \^o^/