Power Management

[Adam Williamson]

On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 01:36 -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 20:19 +0000, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > My dual-boot ThinkPad T61 has a Windows power utility that sets the
> > level at which charging commences.  A recent update of that utility
> > reset the level to 85%.  So what happens is that the slow discharge when
> > suspended or used briefly on battery doesn't result in a recharge until
> > the level has dropped below 85%.  The utility suggests that this
> > lengthens battery life as compared to, say a 95% or 97% threshold.  I
> > guess the point is mainly to reduce the frequency of discharge/charge
> > cycles.
> 
> Hay guys there's this thing called Wikipedia:

...which you usually use for quoting, unsupported, as a reliable
reference on anything.
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