basics of taking care of a laptop?

[JOSEA]

Originally Posted by HottSushiz

Sorry for hijacking your thread but quick question.

I leave the battery out of my laptop and the guide says its recommended to keep it at 40% but i notice that the battery discharges around 1-3% of the remaining life left every 2 or so days. Do i just charge it back to 40% when it goes down? Won't that waste a charge cycle? thanks in advance.

I had the same issue with my ASUS, I found out that is normal . Now I just keep it in and it is there for protection against power outages. I also use mine or battery/AC about 50/50.

[reaversedge]

more ever, i have the exact different scenario, i only plug my laptop when i need to charge the battery or do gaming which takes like 2-3 hours divided sessions. usually i use it on the go, and since ownership i mostly use my lappy on battery mode with all the system saving tweaks and switchable graphics.

[capt jerk sparrow]

Can someone tell me if picking up a laptop and otherwise moving it around while it's turned on is harmful? I imagine it's only bad when there is a hard drive writing to disk, but I'm not even sure about that.

[MidnightSun]

Modern laptop hard drives are quite resistant to damage when moved during operation. There shouldn't be a problem if you move the laptop around when it's turned on, although obviously you want to avoid shaking or dropping your laptop.

[hiarieshi]

You could always upgrade to an ssd, those things a awesome at handling movement

[Greg]

Originally Posted by capt jerk sparrow

Can someone tell me if picking up a laptop and otherwise moving it around while it's turned on is harmful? I imagine it's only bad when there is a hard drive writing to disk, but I'm not even sure about that.

So long as you don't engage in sudden movements, it should be fine. That being said I was never comfortable moving a laptop around when the hard drive was active...SSD FTW!

[HTWingNut]

SSD ftw! Best way to take care of it is not use it. Otherwise, use it an enjoy it with a cold beverage in one hand, and a spill protector on the keyboard.

[baiii]

travel in/on/by you hand - turn on is fine
backpack - turn off/sleep/hibernate.

Usually hibernate is not needed unless you switch/take off battery often.

[Bo000]

I used to hibernate my laptop alot somehow I now notice it has now shorter battery than usual..

A HP G6 series btw..