Re:The life and death of a laptop battery
by odabaxok on Friday September 25, 2015 @09:43AM
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I believe a better question is: Why can't this problem be solved in hardware? So, it won't depend on the OS and if I shutdown my laptop and leave it on the charger it will still work.
My 3.5 year old Asus laptop has still similar battery life as it had when it was new. I always keep it on the charger when I can and sometimes I just shut it down and leave it on the charger overnight too (but this is rare). When I bought it, I have noticed that the battery was never above ~95%, but I have never studied how it works exactly (is it done by HW or by the driver). I have used it with Win7, Win8, Win8.1 and now Win10.
My 3.5 year old Asus laptop has still similar battery life as it had when it was new. I always keep it on the charger when I can and sometimes I just shut it down and leave it on the charger overnight too (but this is rare). When I bought it, I have noticed that the battery was never above ~95%, but I have never studied how it works exactly (is it done by HW or by the driver). I have used it with Win7, Win8, Win8.1 and now Win10.