On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 18:03, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > Short answer: Yes. > > Long answer: It does if the battery keeps charging, which it might or > might not. Modern batteries often contain smart circuitry that governs > how they charge. This generally helps lengthen the battery life (unless > you have a Thinkpad, where the smart part is actually very dumb), by > doing things like stopping the charge process at 100%. Unfortunately, I > don't know what batteries have what kinds of smart charging procedures, > so I just leave all of mine off mains when they're charged. Doh, IBM ThinkPad X22. Would it be safe to remove the battery whilst on? I don't fancy having to shutdown/startup twice a day! Ross -- Ross Burton mail: ross@burtonini.com jabber: ross@jabber.debian.net www: http://www.burtonini.com./ PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF
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