Laptop Battery

If you want to buy a laptop or have already had a one and want to know something about how to keep the laptop battery in a good condition, I hope this article can help you.

The first thing you should do is to find out what sort of battery is in your laptop. There are four main types today. The oldest type is the Nickel Cadmium which is known as the NiCd or NiCad. This one isn't used as often anymore. The other types are the Lithium Ion (Li-Ion), the Lithium Polymer (Li-po), and the Nickel Metal Hydride. The Lithium Polymer laptop is gaining more and more momentum as the laptop battery of choice as it offers the best power to weight ratio.

There are many factors that will affect how long a laptop battery can successfully hold a charge for. Some of them include the age of the battery, the condition it is in, and what sort of programs the user is running on their laptop.

Make sure that when your laptop is not plugged in that you do not run any external or media devices such as a CD player. Because this is a mechanical device it will chew through your laptop battery really fast.

If the battery in your computer is nickel metal hydride or nickel cadmium then it will experience memory degradation over time. To lessen the effects of this, make sure that you run the battery down to empty every time. Also ensure that you fully recharge the battery every time you recharge it.

Choose a laptop battery and use it in a good condition. If you can do like that, you will be a good laptop user.