How do you take care of a laptop battery?

sjpetry

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jan 15, 2005

• #1

What can I do to get the most out of my laptop battery? 😕
Any thoughts?

Thanks 🙂

 

virividox

macrumors 601

• Jan 15, 2005

• #2

most of the time i keep it plugged in, but once a month i do a full discharge

some ppl say you should reset the PMU, but i dont.

 

sjpetry

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jan 15, 2005

• #3

virividox said:

most of the time i keep it plugged in, but once a month i do a full discharge

some ppl say you should reset the PMU, but i dont.

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What is the "PMU"? Thanks. 🙂

 

LeeTom

macrumors 68000

• Jan 15, 2005

• #4

You might want to read the official word from Apple, too:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

Lee Tom

 

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3Memos

macrumors 6502

• Jan 15, 2005

• #5

LeeTom said:

You might want to read the official word from Apple, too:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

Lee Tom

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That's a great resource! I'm going to have it bookmarked.

 

stubeeef

macrumors 68030

• Jan 16, 2005

• #6

Good article in MacWorld nov 2004 issue page 76. I was reading tonight on the john (tmi I know).

article

 

sjpetry

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jan 16, 2005

• #7

Thanks Everyone. 🙂

 

OutThere

macrumors 603

• Jan 16, 2005

• #8

My battery is doomed to destruction - I discharge it about 70% of the way almost every day, and it is charged and discharged randomly over time. 😀

 

sjpetry

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jan 16, 2005

• #9

OutThere761 said:

My battery is doomed to destruction - I discharge it about 70% of the way almost every day, and it is charged and discharged randomly over time. 😀

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How old is it?

 

OutThere

macrumors 603

• Jan 16, 2005

• #10

sjpetry said:

How old is it?

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A year as of November - I still get a good three hours of pretty intensive use out of it though. 🙂