Lenovo estimates that a laptop battery should last two to five years on average, or 300 to 500 charge cycles, whichever comes first. ... Draining to near zero before recharging.

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It was listed as a new battery in the original packaging, but it held only a 20% charge, making it worthless to me. “In other words,” explains Laptop Battery Express’s DuBois, “shop ...

The battery in your brand-new laptop may get you through a day's work on the road. But in two years, probably not. Here's how to keep that battery healthy over the long haul.

The lithium-ion battery in your Mac laptop will lose its ability to charge to its maximum factory-made capacity over time. But you don’t have to take it lying down. Depending on the level ...

Ideally, laptop batteries would be universal and interchangeable. Unfortunately, this is not the case at all. In some parts of the world, like the European Union, ...

Laptop Batteries: 6,000 More Recalled. September 5, 2006 / 7:16 AM EDT / AP Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Tuesday it has begun recalling 6,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Panasonic- ...

One of the biggest draws on your laptop’s battery is its bright, high-resolution display. Anything you do to ease that strain will have a beneficial effect on the length of your battery’s life.

It’s a fact of life that sooner or later, every laptop battery hits old age. Most do well for between 18 and 36 months, depending on how heavily they’re used. Then they slip into a slow ...