Is Keeping Your Laptop On Charge Bad For The Battery Life?

[Silkk]

I havent found any reports that so, but ive noticed my shyt used have like 6 hours now its at like 3 on my macbook pro

 

[newarkhiphop]

batteries just lose strength over time , i tested it with two laptops , my first one was ALWAYS plugged after about year n half battery died , tried buying a couple of aftermarket batteries but it was never the same

the one after that i did the opposite i would charge it to 100% and them only plug it back in when it was at like 10%, year n half later same thing dead battery , this time bought the OEM battery which was expensive as fuk but lasted like new

 

[Renkz]

It does, I have a laptop right now that only gives me about 50 mins or less without ac charger. It was always on the adapter.

 

[Smiley]

I believe the whole point of a laptop is to be mobile,
but when I attended school for c++, a teacher said whenever you're home and not moving around, remove the battery and keep it plugged in, therefore you don't have to worry about drainage or damage towards the battery itself. I took his word for it and my laptop is on its 4th year.

 

[up in here]

I believe the whole point of a laptop is to be mobile,
but when I attended school for c++, a teacher said whenever you're home and not moving around, remove the battery and keep it plugged in, therefore you don't have to worry about drainage or damage towards the battery itself. I took his word for it and my laptop is on its 4th year.

wish someone told me that. my current laptop is down to about 30 minutes with no adapter

 

[Silkk]

My shyt was reading 70% 2:54 mins left

Then went to 64% 4 hours left

I read on apple forum about it having to do with the battery temp, guess its true

 

[Smiley]

wish someone told me that. my current laptop is down to about 30 minutes with no adapter

Aw, Well granted Ive had mine for an extremely long time, I'm going to invest in a new one soon. But that 30 mins also depends on activities done on the computer during the period, whats causing drainage as well. If you're streaming games or videos and are wondering why you're battery life is up so quickly.... lol well yeah.

 

[Smiley]

My shyt was reading 70% 2:54 mins left

Then went to 64% 4 hours left

I read on apple forum about it having to do with the battery temp, guess its true

What kind of computer do you have?

 

[Silkk]

What kind of computer do you have?

Macbook pro

 

[Smiley]

Macbook pro

Theres your problem.
Mac is trash bro.

 

[courtdog]

I believe the whole point of a laptop is to be mobile,
but when I attended school for c++, a teacher said whenever you're home and not moving around, remove the battery and keep it plugged in, therefore you don't have to worry about drainage or damage towards the battery itself. I took his word for it and my laptop is on its 4th year.

This

I would always keep my plugged up/etc w/out removing the battery and my shyt would die on my w/in 2yrs tops
I got a 5yr old laptop and the battery last about an hour and a half
My mom got a laptop that is not even 2yrs old, kept it plugged in at all times
That shyt carries ZERO charge now.

But then you also said this

Aw, Well granted Ive had mine for an extremely long time, I'm going to invest in a new one soon. But that 30 mins also depends on activities done on the computer during the period, whats causing drainage as well. If you're streaming games or videos and are wondering why you're battery life is up so quickly.... lol well yeah.

Has nothing to do with it because my mom hardly ever uses hers. She probably used it 10x total. I used it more than she has basically.
It drains while inactive too is what I'm saying here...

 

[Silkk]

Theres your problem.
Mac is trash bro.

WRONG

 

[Smiley]

Has nothing to do with it because my mom hardly ever uses hers. She probably used it 10x total. I used it more than she has basically.
It drains while inactive too is what I'm saying here...

Alot of computers act differently, and there are many contributions as to why a battery would drain quickly. for example,
Video decoding and rendering in Flash consume a lot of CPU(and flash based apps, whether you know they run on flash or not)
Brightness is a contribution.
and although you claimed her comp to be inactive unless you used it, if still powered on and in sleep mode, thats still a factor for battery loss as well because Newer laptops use lithium-ion or lithium-polymer batteries.
any startup apps that will run processes as well when not in use, will drain battery.

Just saying :D
I mean.. I'm no professional..

 

[ryderldb]

I don't know if it helps, but I always let my laptop battery drain all the way just to calibrate the battery percentage shown.

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

Anything with a rechargeable battery gets weaker if you overcharge it.

Think of a new battery as 100%,when you overcharge it then it starts eating away at itself.
After a while that battery can only be 95% full even though it will say 100%
And if you keep overcharging it then it'll keep dropping.