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Originally Posted by psyang
Will add that if your laptop has a "battery saver" function which ensures the battery is only charged to a certain level, use it if you are plugged in often.
My 3 year old laptop has this - the default setting is to charge the battery only to 80%. I set it to 50%. After 3 years, the battery has 0% wear. My laptop is plugged in 90% of the time. The only downside is remembering to change it to a full charge if you know you are going to be unplugged for an extended period of time.
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Are you using a proprietary software from the laptop manufacturer or third party? Lots of great advice in this thread- I was one to let my devices shut down due to lack of power before charging them so that will change. Anyone aware of apps that let you control the charge level (e.g. only to 80%) for mobile devices? There are plenty of charge monitoring apps but haven't found one with that much
power yet.