Battery or AC?

[Sasha]

Hi

This may be stupid questions, but being a newbie, I think some slack will be cut

I use my laptop mainly at home/work, and always close to a power source. My typical usage of the laptop is for browsing, image editing and documents/spreadsheets. Currently, using the battery maximizer wizard, I am getting close to 4 hours on the battery. I read about battery management and understand that I should drain the battery completely once a month.

Now the questions:

1. Should I be running the laptop on AC power rather than using the battery?
2. Is it OK if I keep the laptop always plugged in to the AC power, thus keeping the battery at 100% charge?
3. If I should run the laptop on AC power, should the batter be in the laptop or can I remove the battery?
4. If I should remove the battery normally, what should be schedule I must follow to plug the battery in the laptop to ensure that the battery doesn' DIE?

[Leon]

yes, yes, battery in (acts as UPS in the event of power failure or plug coming out, if you must remove the battery, store it with a 40% charge in an airtight bag in the fridge.....