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A cycle from say 70% to 80% doesn't wear it out much at all.

The problem with leaving it at 100% is that just sitting at full charge wears it out, it's better to just keep it within 40%-80% than to leave it fully charged.




A 40% depth discharge is going to put way more wear than leaving it at 100%. Unless you want to plug and unplug constantly most users are probably best leaving it plugged while working.

If you really want to, you can do a little bit of good by letting it drop to 40=80% during periods of non-use.


If the indicators are correct, HP's chargers keep the batteries at ~95% (varies between 95-100% all the time). So they're not keeping them fully charged or overcharged, but instead leave some breathing room.




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