what is the definitive advice on battery use

wanting to know, specifically for asus w3v, what is the best way to prolife battery life (i don't mean power management)

is it:

1. take battery out and store at 40%, and run notebook on ac
CONS: if someone lose power (once, someone tripped over my powercord), you will lose unsaved data as there is no battery backup

2. leave battery in and just keep on running on ac, even when battery fully charged
CONS: ?will battery overcharge or produce to much heat

3. when battery fully charged, turn off ac and run on battery. when battery falt. turn ac back on and run on ac till battery fully charged. repeat
CONS: ?will cycling the battery this way, shorten battery life as it is the most taxing

thanks for your help

 

Noki - Don't beat yourself up over this...... a battery is $100 and besides... the battery is going to give you a couple years of really good use regardless of how you use it.

When the battery is done charging, it *stops* charging... so there's no worry of overcharing, so no need to take it out of the system.

.... It's a notebook is designed to be free..... use it on battery as much as you can. This really has nothing to do with the lifespan of the battery, but more a way to fully experience your notebook and where the technology has has come to.

.... read up on lithium-ion battery cells..... that'll tell you all you need to know about the batteries themselves.

 

thanks justin.

how do you find the time to run a business, as well as provide such invaluable advice on a free forum

one last question. for a brand new notebook, for the first charge, do you recommend charging for 14-16 hours as i have read elsewhere or just until it is full.

 

May i answer for you Justin?
He's his own boss! That's why. He work when he wants and he play when he wants. So he choose to work and play at the same time. Ah, good life.

Did i get that right?

 

With these lithium ion batteries... the first charge doesn't really matter so much. As long as it's full... it'll be fine.

 

Well I'm not my own boss.... I am the boss and that does have inherent responsibilities.... What I did was stopped answering a majority of sales emails and left that up to the sales guys and our new sales manager, which cut my daily emails (the good ones I need to respond to) down from about 1,500 to about 300. This freed up enough time to dedicate some good time to the forum..... it's always a bit of work and play....... but it's true, I make my own hours and I can do and say what I want and I'll still be here when it's all said and done. The downside is that making my own hours or not, I still put in a good 60-70 hours a week (plus a LOT of traveling time) and I've got to watch what I say and do because I'm "the face" of the company and even though we're still small (still bordering on a dozen employees).... I get quoted all of the web when it comes to anything Asus... If I just happen to BS somebody and say "blah blah, this will be out in a couple months".... you wouldn't believe how many languages that gets put into in the matter of a week.

.... so it's not all fun and games, though that is the ultimate goal, isn't it?


.......... Now back to the battery....... Just don't worry about, you'll waste more time thinking about the battery than a new one would be worth and in the meantime not experiencing all that centrino can offer!