[porsche911girl]

*Shoot! I thought I was posting this on the OT section...sorry! Mod: can you pls move this!

Hey all,

I'm sure this comes down to a matter of opinion, but I recently got a new laptop and have been using it unplugged for part of the time. Is it okay to use it unplugged a lot or should I keep it plugged into the AC adapter? Of course, when the battery gets low enough that the warning sign comes on, I plug it in.

Will the battery deteriorate to the point where it will no longer function without using the charger, like my old (2003) laptop? I can't use it unplugged for even 5 minutes.

I'm just wondering if the more I use it unplugged, the faster the battery will lose its charge and die quicker, if that makes any sense. kind of like cell phone batteries.

A friend of mine who knows a lot more about computers than I do keeps his laptop closed (standby? hibernate?) unplugged all the time and he's never had a problem with it. He said it can stay that way for up to 2 weeks.

Like I said, I normally use it plugged in, but I just don't want to ruin the battery or limit the number of charge cycles it has.