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As an avid laptop user, I (like many others) make this same mistake over and over again.

A mistake which over the years have become a very bad habit.

What is it you might wonder?

As seen with many others including myself, we tend to charge our laptop while working on it. In other words, we leave the power plug of the laptop on with the battery of the laptop intact (even though the battery is full !).

This will actually cause the battery to loose its lifespan.

So what’s the best practice or good habit as opposed to the above?

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When given this question to any laptop or notebook computer user, they will get puzzled.
This happens to me once when someone ask me about my laptop battery.

As you can see, before you replaced your laptop battery it is quite important to know a bit on the back ground first. There are several types of laptop batteries which I will share in this post.

Types of Laptop Batteries:-

1. Alkaline - This is one of the common batteries around but only few laptops used it and the flaw about alkaline batteries is that is not rechargeable. You have to throw it once it goes flat.
2. Lead Acid - One of the most commons usage for this type is for laptop computers. It is long lasting, durable and rechargeable but unfortunately it is heavy and full of lead .
3. Lithium-Ion - The type of battery you would want to have for your laptop. The fast charging effect make it good for users on the go (need not wait for a long time for the battery to get charged completely). It is also environment friendly as well.
4. Nickel-Cadium - Ni-Cd batteries is one of the oldest and best performance types of rechargeable batteries but it has a major problem. After a long usage ( a few years), the battery will suffer from the dreaded memory effect. This means that  the lifespan usage of the battery will deteriorate as time goes by.
5. Nickel- Metal Hydride - Ni-MH batteries is considered to be the successor of the Ni-Cd batteries but unfortunately the dreaded memory effect is as bad as well. However as compared between Ni-Cd and NiMH batteries, the latter last longer as compared to its predecessor.

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As most of you recalled, I previously posted an article on my blog entitled Laptop Batteries: How To Make It Work Longer.

Well that article is currently one of the finalists in a “how to” contest held by [GAS] - GeeksAreSexy.net

The notebook computer is a delicate instrument and heat has been a major factor in any computer or electronic products.

I recently saw a video which really caught my eye on the safety on using the notebook computer.

Watch and learn.

Always keep the notebook usage in a cool environment and remember (just like the same message relay to all Wrestling maniacs out there) …. PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

Anyway guys … enjoy the video.