battery - again ..

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battery - again ..

#1 Post by vladis » Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:47 pm

Hello,

I bought this week x60 with almost new 8 cell battery ( holds 100 % charge ), so I want to have clear about battery maintence.
I set up that battery will start chargeing on 70 % and stop on 95 %. What is better ? Using laptop generally on battery or on AC, or both ? What steps I have to do to maximize battery health ?

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IBM X200 type 7459 running Windows 7. optional: 4 GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, ThinkPad BT Laser mouse
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Re: battery - again ..

#2 Post by sarbin » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:48 am

my charging thresholds are set at 40% and 100%.
i run a pretty equal mix of battery and ac.
works well, in my experience.
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