I have a 2009 Toshiba Laptop with a lithium-ion battery. I have heard so many different things when it comes to batteries...deep chargeing is bad..leaving plugged in all the time is fine for batteries/pcs made after a certain year...u should charge laptop between 40-80 percent all the time.. i just want to knopw simply, what should i do? Will leaving my laptop plugged in ac power when i use it, decrease the battery life? should i charge it and use it til it gets low, and recharge it? or should i take out battery completley when using a/c power? does it matter? please, someone let me know the best practice. thx
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I've mostly always had my Spectre at home and haven't moved it from a desk spot and it's always plugged in. Does that damage it? Or is it ok?
I recently bought a monitor and now I have it connected to my laptop. I keep it connected and laptop lid closed under the desk. When I go to sleep, instead of shutting the laptop down, I just lock it [using windows + L key] and use it next day. My question is, does this harm laptop in any way constantly running it ?
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Should I Leave My Laptop Plugged In All The Time? from technology
I've got a relatively new machine with relatively new parts. Unfortunately, this does not help when I need to use my school laptop for, well, school. However, I am able to connect to my computer through remote desktop from my school laptop. Although, my computer needs to be on for this to happen. I may go up to 5 days without seeing my computer and being able to control whether or not it is on. To get to the point, would it be wise to keep my computer on when I am not on it for these extended periods of time or would it be too damaging to the components of my computer?
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Is it bad to leave my laptop in sleep all the time? from NoStupidQuestions
I am working from home. Should I leave my laptop plugged in all the time?
This has always confused me. Some people say that you always need to keep it plugged, while some say you need to unplug right after it's fully charged. Recently I saw an article and it says that you need to unplug it after it's fully charged and then plug again when the battery drops to 50%.
Which way is the healthiest for a laptop?
I just sell my PC and bought a lenovo Flex 5 with 4700U and hook it to a monitor. Normally, for a PC, I leave it on all te time, like not even shutdown. So I got my laptop hooked up to a monitor, and I wonder if I should do the same. Does leaving the laptop always on drastically affect its lifetime [battery, durability and such]. Thank you.