laptop battery

it's been 3-4 months since i bought my netbook. isa sa una kong niresearch pagkabili ko ay yung kung paano alagaan yung battery. I bought this specific model because of it's extra long battery life --- i'm using a Lenovo S10-2 3G with 6-cell battery. S10-2 with 6-cell batteries has one of the longest battery life ratings. up to 5.5hrs as advertised --- and yes it lasts that long in my real world tests. Ang may pinaka-mahabang battery life sa mga netbooks/laptops ay yung Asus Eee 1001HA, which lasts for 11 hours daw, pero sa totoo lang nasa 5.5-6hrs, according dun sa isang review na nabasa ko.

According to my research, masama daw i-overcharge ang battery.

- Pag 90+% na, tanggalin na sa saksak.

- bago mag 5% isaksak na ulit.

- kung gusto mong tanggalin yung battery, make sure na around 40% yung battery level---40% daw yung magic number pag hindi gagamitin yung battery-- i dunno what that means-- they[the reviewers] don't know [why] either.

- once a month, allow your battery to reach 100% and 0%.

Sinubukan ko yung mga yan...and so far so good. I've been online since 9PM (90% battery), playing starcraft 1, and i still have 68% remaining (using lenovo battery setting).

Kahapon nag-open ako ng torrent at around 4PM ... natapos yung download ko ng 9:30PM.

Nung nagbukas ako, nasa 73%--nung natapos ako, 43% remaining pa. Iniwanan ko lang na nakabukas yung pc, pero hindi ko ginagamit habang nanonood ako ng TV [max battery setting].