[dba-Tech] Laptop Batteries

Sorry. Thought we were on OT with this thread. I have to work up the
nerve to complain. I's just not in my nature for the most part. Not
that I don't complain about stuff, I just rarely complain to anyone
that can actually do something about what I am complaining about.

Good luck getting your new battery.


GK

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
> Nah, we let the Gentiles to that.  :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:12 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Laptop Batteries
>
> Jeese you are going to make us Gentiles start beleiving that Jewish
> stereotype thing here again. Don't you ever pay for anything? ;-)
>
> GK
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
>> I think I may talked the Dell tech rep into a replacement - he put two
>> boys through college and has a soft spot for college kids.  Max uses
>> his a LOT and usually on the battery because they take them to class.
>> Hopefully they'll replace the current 6 cell with a 9 cell.
>>
>> R
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:14 PM
>> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Laptop Batteries
>>
>> I believe they are rated for a specific number of cycles. The more
>> often you discharge and recharge the quicker they wear out.
>>
>> They usually offer upgraded batteries with more cells in them that
>> would last longer since they wouldn't normally be as fully discharged.
>> And many systems offer you a second battery so you could rotate them
>> somehow although I don't know how you would recharge the "other one"
>> while one was in the machine.
>>
>> Any battery powered device will eventually wear out the battery.
>>
>> I don't run my laptops on battery much, I generally have them tethered
>> to their power cord 90% of the time, so I really have no idea of how
>> long of life they had "before" or now for that matter. I think they
>> only were good for about an hour or two when they were new.
>>
>> Much also depends on what kind of work you are doing. How many times
>> it has to spin the hard drive etc. Or how computationally intensive
>> the processes you are doing are. Laptops generally have power
>> management set so that the chip runs SLOWER when it can to save power.
>> I know my laptops were all set to run in a lower screen brightness
>> under battery verses plugged in which was one reason I usually plugged it
> in.
>>
>> Buy another battery and keep the other one as a second.
>>
>> GK
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
> wrote:
>>> Max's Dell laptop is 18 months old.  The battery life has declined to
>>> about
>>> 1 hour.  He does have the three year on-site warranty but Dell is
>>> telling him that the battery isn't covered after one year.  Seems
>>> rather mean to me but anyway - how much life can one expect from a
>>> laptop battery?  This one is used a LOT.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rocky
>>>
>>>
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