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["Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the comments. However, instead of me doing it once a month, I
do it once or twice a day. However, that's because I'm at university,
and thus was advised to put the laptop away somewhere out of prying eyes
if I've done with it and I am not in my room. Thanks again.
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:05:26 +0100, "George Bell"
<george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Wise advice from Toshiba, Christopher.  I try to let mine
> run down at least once a month, and the battery has lasted
> about 3 years so far, and still gives me close to the
> expected time off charge.  Aside from that, it's on charge
> all day when I'm in the office.
> 
> George.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher
> Hallsworth
> Sent: 02 October 2006 17:34
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: surely not?
> 
> I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A100, and what I do is that I
> let it do a complete charge/discharge so that the battery
> life can be preserved. Is this OK, as I was told to do this
> from the Toshiba user manual. Thanks for any help.
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:59:52 +0100, "Tristram Llewellyn"
> <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > I have an old Toshiba Tecra circa 2002 that has spent most
> of it's 
> > life on the mains with occasional battery excersions.  My
> battery is 
> > far from useless though after 4 or more years you may not
> be able to 
> > expect 100 percent charge but it is still pretty close.
> > 
> > My advice would be a take it off mains every now and again
> and run off 
> > battery once in a while that way the battery gets a bit of
> exercise 
> > and will stay good enough should you ever need it.
> > 
> > Regards.
> > 
> > Tristram Llewellyn
> > Sight and Sound Technology
> > Technical Support
> > www.sightandsound.co.uk
> > 
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: Ray's Home 
> >   To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >   Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:44 AM
> >   Subject: [access-uk] Re: surely not?
> > 
> > 
> >   Billy, using your laptop for wireless internet fould
> well help run your
> >   laptop battery down quicker - one more device needing
> power.  I believe
> >   some people turn off the screen on a laptop to conserv
> battery life.
> > 
> >   To your second question, the Answer is 'yes'.  This came
> up on list
> >   very recently where many reported their laptop batteries
> were almost
> >   useless because of continuous use on the mains and the
> battery getting
> >   cooked through over charging.  Seemingly, few laptops
> have the
> >   'intelligence' to know when enough is enough.
> > 
> >   By the by, this message is by way of a sort of test.
> I'm still
> >   experiencing email problems with Plusnet and it'll be
> interesting to
> >   see how quickly this message reaches the list.
> > 
> >   From Ray 
> >   I can be contacted off-list at: 
> >   mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
> > 
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> >     Behalf Of TrueBlue
> >     Sent: 02 October 2006 10:47AM
> >     To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >     Subject: [access-uk] surely not?
> > 
> > 
> >     hi guys, 
> >     surely this can't be true. 
> >     I have been told from people on other mailing lists,
> that if yu
> >     connect yur laptop wirelessly to the Internet, it will
> run down the
> >     Laptops battery, quicker than using a ethernet cable.
> >     Can this be really true?. 
> >     Also on the same list, the suggestion is that it is a
> bad Idea to run
> >     the Laptop VIA the power adaptor. 
> >     Finally, is it better to purchase an external Laptop
> keyboard?. 
> >     Billy   
> >     Billy
> > 
> > 
> > 
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>   Christopher Hallsworth
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