I am replacing another laptop where the battery died after a relatively short period of time, and so I want to preserve the battery life. My scenario is fairly common. I have a laptop but most of the time it is
My most recent laptop has a "battery protection" option in the power management. If the laptop is to be mostly plugged in it only charges the battery to the optimum 50-60%. Great if you want your battery to last longer, not so great if you forget to give it a full charge when you...