Question about battery

Greetings guys,

I kinda have a lappy noob question. This is my first laptop so this is a very basic question.

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Is it better the run the laptop on the power cord plugged in as much as possible?
Should the power cord be unplugged for instance at night when comp is not in use when battery is already full?
Should i run my battery down completely one time and charge it back up ( or is this a myth/wifes tale these days)

Thanks in advance, Any info would be greatly appreciated

 

imho YES, each cycle wears it down.

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Does your BIOS have a Battery calibration feature?
Try Forum Search Battery, I think there R lengthy past discussions on this! GL

 

There is an article on the subject here: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm

I recommend reading it, its very interesting.

 

Very interesting it is. A little too technical for my taste, but re-reading it a couple of times and looking up some terms/concept sure does help. Learned a lot from that. Thanks for the link.

C.

 

Here is another good read, in more simple terms, on how to Get the longest life out of your battery.

 

Ahh thank you, Donald, that's very good as well. Nice read.

C.