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    Vaio + Battery Use

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by esmondlee, Feb 15, 2007.

  1. esmondlee

    esmondlee Notebook Enthusiast

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    I use my Vaio at my desk with the AC power and battery in. During the day I may move around to other stations and get off AC. I may run the battery down to only 70% before I get back to my desk/AC power. I would leave my desktop oftenn during the course of a day with my laptop and run it down to 80 frequently before going back to my desk forand back on AC.

    My question is, should I let it stay on battery and run until 20% before plugging it back to AC at my desktop? Is the frequent top offs during my day killing my battery?

    EDIT: Upon booting up my new Vaio on a fully charge battery without AC, it is at around 85% upon enterint Vista. Is it typical for the battery to lose 15% upon bootup??

    Thanks in advance.
     
    esmondlee, Feb 15, 2007
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