[CentOS] Battery condition tools CentOS/Dell

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Blake Hudson<blake at ispn.net> wrote:

>
> How old is your laptop?  This may be a case of expectations not meeting
> reality. As the Wiki article linked previously mentions, LiION batteries
> deteriorate over time and with use (as do all batteries). In my
> experience, a typical laptop battery (treated well) will last 2 years
> while maintaining the majority of its original capacity. After 5 years,
> the battery run time is often inadequate to meet the needs of the owner.
> When purchasing a laptop, I would have the expectation that the battery
> will need replaced every 2-3 years - if the laptop is used, assume that
> it needs a new battery.

The laptop is about 18 months old, so the battery was nearing its end
but I'd hoped for at least another 6 months of useful time (more than
10 minutes).  The battery is in worse condition than three identical
batteries in the other 3 laptops purchased at the same time. The main
difference is that this laptop is plugged in continuously while the
others are mobile.