Re:The life and death of a laptop battery
by m_sahaf on Friday September 25, 2015 @11:20AM
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And that's a shame. Battery management should be on the hardware level. I can't find any information whether detection of AC-charger presence is on the hardware level or not, which I also think should be on hardware level to stop charging once the battery is full and fully draw current from the charger. That will not waste the battery's cycle life. Both of these speak for the overall quality of the manufacturers' products.
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Re:The life and death of a laptop battery
by emn13 on Friday September 25, 2015 @11:27AM
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"should"... doesn't buy you much. It's a shame there's no standard driver for this, however, since these Li-ion batteries are all pretty much the same in terms of charge management. It's a safe bet almost all users would be better off with a batter that defaulted to around 70% charge unless explicitly (and temporarily) told to prepare for a long trip.