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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Yup. After ensuring, though, that the machine can run at full rated speed without a battery installed...something those fruity ones can't do (not that it matters anymore since the battery isn't removable, but anyways, it could very well apply to other vendors, who knows).
ThinkPads actually have a feature that allows you to customize the "don't charge above" and "start charging below" percentages, so that you can keep the battery at say 40-50% indefinitely. This would allow you to leave the battery installed.
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Yeah, the battery management on Thinkpads is brilliant. Helps all those business users who don't know how to use technology and leave their laptops plugged into their docking stations or plugged in on their desks 24/7. Especially when most Thinkpads get resold after business lease expires.
Those "fruity" ones (
) can't run at full speed without a battery plugged in? Why is that? My own laptop can't run at full speed without the AC being plugged in.