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> People abuse the hell out of laptop batteries by leaving the laptop connected to the charger all day, every day, like it was a desktop. They're perpetually 99%+ charged which stresses out the battery. The battery is meant to be used - use it!

How do you figure?

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i've "abused" countless laptops over the years this way. none of them seem to have been affected negatively. in comparison, my wife routinely lets the battery on hers run close to empty- her last laptop could barely hold a charge for 5 min.

http://www.marco.org/2009/09/24/laptop-battery-myths

http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

I've had my Dell Latitude docked 95% of the time for the last 4 years and when I do occasionally need the battery, it seems to run about the same as it did new. Your mileage may vary.

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