xraychick

Am I supposed to keep my laptop plugged in when I am not using it? I notice that if I don't it drains the battery. Thanks!

The_Other_One

It doesn't really matter. I tend to leave my laptops plugged in.

As for it draining, by how much? If the laptop's powered off, it shouldn't drain much at all. As for being in sleep, I know my Averatec would last all weekend in suspend...though right off I forget how much power it had when I opened it back up

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xraychick

It's been unplugged for a few days now and when I started it up a little while ago it had 92% battery life.

Burn_all

i know computers have a seperate battery to keep time and other important information, i do know know if laptops have the same, plus it probly loses some to leeking diaodes? yea i agree with the other one, sleep will drain the power slightly, where off should drain it no more then 1%

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cohen

if you use it a lot more on the battery it will last a longer. Run it as low as you can and then charge it full etc.

I find that when i know it is full i unplug it and leave it.

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