Hi Joan :o) I unplug my laptop every time I turn it off, during the day, and all night it is unplugged, as well as that little box that plugs into the computer and outlet. I'm a little bit confused then. So, letting the battery run down, isn't unplugging it from the little black box it comes with. The little black box unplugged from the outlet is what they mean? Then how do you know if it is run almost completely down? Isn't the little battery w/plug, at the bottom of the screen, what they are talking about. The one that measures the charge of the battery in the laptop? That's what my sister-in-law read in her book she has with hers. I, too, like Connie, work with my laptop plugged in all the time. Most of my friends do, too. They don't know what I am talking about when I asked if they let their battery run down once a month, and if they do, how do they do it. I guess I'm asking how does one do it? I know you all are going to pull your hair out explaining this to me, because I just don't get it. Okay, sooooo, if it's NOT the same as running down the battery, that gives a reading when you hover over the icon on the lower task bar, then what do they mean? I have so much to learn, with this laptop, but I love it, mind you!!!! I hate to ask Mike to explain these things to me, since he is about sick of computers by the time he gets home from work. I probably have you spinning in your chair, right now, too, huh :o( Confused Lynn, in Columbia LOL!!!! Joan wrote: > Connie- > > You should run the battery down in that the battery is RECHARGEABLE and > recharges whenever you plug in the laptop. So you are NOT wearing it out > by > letting it run down--you are giving it a longer life. It is best to unplug > the > laptop when you have it turned off also. That will help to run down the > battery > a bit. The thing with the rechargeable batteries is that they "learn" so > if > you never use them they will lose their charge but if you run them down > (just > like a phone battery) then they will take a full charge the next time you > plug > in the computer. > > The battery isn't to keep a backup when the computer is off--that is a > different battery--not the one that powers the laptop when it is > unplugged. > In a message dated 1/16/2009 1:53:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I vaguely remember the only batteries to let run down were phone > batteries.? > I never use my lap top without it being > plugged in.? The battery is to keep back up for when the machine is off > or > for short uses.? They are too expensive to run down completely.? That is > just > my take on it.? Connie > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message