[ltp] Thinkpad T61, Ubuntu, cpu scaling

[Alessandro Crismani]

Il giorno gio, 16/06/2011 alle 10.32 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez ha
scritto:
> It has been said numerous times, but saying it again won't hurt:
> 
> *dont* run a ThinkPad (at least a recent one, but I think it applies
> to
> pretty much any laptop in fact) without battery. Use start/stop
> charging
> tresholds if you care about battery not beeing fully charged at all
> time.
> 
> 

Hi,

Could you please elaborate a little more on the issue. Every time I've
read about battery management it was said to remove it when on AC and to
store it in a "cold" place (not fridge cold, but not warm either). The
reasoning behind this, as I was told, is beacuse the main cause of
battery life loss is heat, which may be high on laptops bottom surfaces.
Not because of constant charging (which is solved by thresholds as you
suggested).

Whom should I trust?

Please don't read this as an offensive mail, I'm not arguing with you, I
do not know anything about batteries. This is just to ask people (you or
the list) who have a better understanding of the problem.

Cheers,
Alessandro