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Re: I want to maximize my battery life
I absolutely agree with dadkins. You can, and will find all sorts of theories on maximizing notebook battery life, and in the end, it is as much a matter of "luck of the draw" as it is any particular way of running your laptop.
Most notebook batteries fare well fro 3 to 4 years, with some hitting up to 7 years...and some crapping out after a year and a half!  Even within the same brands and models of battery, life span can vary quite a bit!
Supposedly, the current popular school of thought is that you initially charge, and fully run down the notebook a couple of times, but after that, you should try to avoid running the battery too far down. Also, that when plugged in to AC, to remove the battery to avoid the heat.
My wife's last notebook, a sony, she did just about everything "wrong"...and got a bit over 4 years useful life from the battery. My brother, who is a battery life "fanatic", got about 3.5 years on his last Dell notebook's original battery...all that effort for the same or less time? I don't see it.
Frankly, life is too damn short to have to be too anal about how you run you notebook, in terms of battery life.
I run my notebook...I did not buy it to run me! 
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