Always on power, is it harmful?

[PodHead]

Do make sure to calibrate it once a month though. Else it will not keep the cells in the battery moving...

The Dell Ultrasharp 2005FWP is an awesome monitor. I have my Mac Mini hooked up to mine. What's hooked up to yours?

 

[igucl]

The Dell Ultrasharp 2005FWP is an awesome monitor. I have my Mac Mini hooked up to mine. What's hooked up to yours?

Slightly off topic, no?

 

[Counterfit]

i believe sony is the maker of the battery?

anyhow, a few yrs back i had a sony laptop, i misinformedly left the battery in the computer and left the computer plugged in all the time, 2 yrs later, the battery holds about half of the charge... then i was told i wasn't supposed to do that. it's a Li-ion battery

i was told that the computer, once become fully charged, start using the battery until it gets down to 99% and then start charging again... which is what hurted the battery

perhaps right now macbook/pros don't go the same route, perhaps right now once it's fully charged, it just leaves the battery there, but i, when i plug it in the wall, i take out the battery

i have a thinkpad that i leave out the battery when i plugged in, it's been...3 yrs or so, it still holds 7 hrs of charge at reg. use

The original battery on my PowerBook did the same thing (except it started charging at 95%). about 1.5 years later, I got a second battery from BTi. I keep that one charged in a drawer, and use my old one (which I get maybe an hour out of now) in just in case the power goes out.