[ltp] poll: how is your battery? (9-cell-battery lost about 25% capacity in 10 months)

[Robert Thau]

David A. Desrosiers writes:
 > 	But according to what I've read, you shouldn't run the battery 
 > down to as close to 0% as possible, and recharge. THAT kills 
 > batteries.

Well, what's the safe limit?  I seem to be doing something right on my R51:

  design capacity:         47520 mWh
  last full capacity:      48160 mWh

but it may just have been using the thing on the line most of the
time; I'm starting to use the battery a lot more heavily than I have...

rst