2 weeks storage - battery charge?

A friend is storing my G5 for 14 days. Do you recommend I attach the power cord or is the internal battery going to run down on its own anyway, regardless of external power while shut down?
Thanks,
Richard.

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    Message was edited by: Myles Gartland
    Message was edited by: Myles Gartland

    Thanks for the above. I did several of the things and ran some experiments.
    I loaded gfxcardstatus and set it to "intel only" when on battery. Bluetooth is off.
    I closed every program, and with every program closed and the macbook sits still for a few seconds- my battery goes up to 7.5 hours. Fine.
    As soon as I open 1 program- first was Safari (per the suggestion)- it drops right down to 4.5 hours stays in that range.
    Then I close Safari and it eventually goes back up to 7.5 hours.
    Then try Google Chrome. Back down to 4.5, then back up to 7+ when I close.
    Same thing when I open other programs. Outlook, etc.
    Now of course, to lose battery power capacity when having a program open seems normal- but to drop 3 hours worth (almost half) with only 1 program open seems odd to me.
    Normal or unusual?

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