Re: The life of the batteries in the IBook running linux

[Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>]

On quinta-feira, dez 12, 2002, at 14:42 America/Sao_Paulo, Michael 
Flaig wrote:
> on my pismo the battery can't hold 100% charge. When the battery is 
> 100%
> full, charging is stopped until the battery lost 5% ...

That's interesting. On my iBook2, I don't see that much decharging, but 
I definitely do see some.

> i think apple keeps the battery full by recharging it when it lost 5%
> capacity and not keep charging ... because full is full :-)

Well, I'd expect it to not use the battery at all (and also to disable 
the charging process) when the notebook is plugged on the wall. This 
would mean that less charge-recharge cycles would be needed and the 
battery would last longer.

Does this also occur to other powerbooks (e.g. the TiBooks)?

> so this isn't a defective ... i hope ;)

Sincerely, this time I hoped that it were a defect. :-)


Thanks for the feedback, Roger...