It's good to let the battery run down and charge it up regularly. My latest reading is that if you are going to leave a laptop unused for ages, keep the charge at 50% full. Use your battery in other words. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Petrina Delves Sent: 18 April 2014 21:28 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] A question about battery life Hi all, When I am not using my laptop I leave it plugged in to the mains. Will this make any difference to the life of the battery? All the best Petrina ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq