Advice required on best practices to prolong battery life

I will take delivery of a MacBook Pro 15.4 2.6Ghz with 2Mb RAM in two weeks time. I am upgrading from my current iMac G5 and will use the MBP with an Apple 23 inch Cinema Display as my main desktop machine. I decided on this configuration as it will allow me excellent desktop power with the bonus of portability. The MBP will be on my desk, plugged into mains power for 95% of the time. Can anyone advise me as to the best way to prolong the life of the battery as I am pretty sure that leaving the battery constantly charging in this way is not good practice. I would appreciate any advice which anyone can offer. Thank you.

The best way to maintain good battery performance and longevity is to regularly use your MBP on battery. I generally recommend using laptops in battery for on average around an hour per day along with a calibration every 4-8 weeks. What I do is to use it on battery when lightly using it in front of the TV during the late evenings.
What complicated matters for yourself is that you're going to be using an external display so your MBP will be all wired up like someone stuck in The Matrix.

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Iphone; best practice for better battery life

Okay, I've searched other threads and can't really find anything definitive on all this. I've found my battery life to be disappointing; I can go one and a half days without wi-fi or bluetooth turned on before it turns off.
1) Is it true that when I press and hold the 'home' key while in an application the application 'quits.' If so, is this more likely to save battery life? Does an application ever really 'quit?' It strikes me that it doesn't.
2) If move from safari to home without quitting is that safari page still loading, and thus sucking up battery life ?
3) If I hold the sleep and home keys at the same time I am able to turn off my iphone. What is the advantage of doing this at all? Has anyone experimented with turning the phone off at night? If so, has anyone noticed a better battery life? Is the iphone even meant to be turned off?
4) Should I be turning off the iphone to charge it once in a while; the other threads I've read seem to indicate no, however, I thought I would open this up again.

I believe you directed this at me: I called them...I do not have an apple store within a reasonable distance. They sent the loaner phone in a box, waived my rental fee. I sync my phone took out the sim card and put it in the loaner phone, syncd the loaner phone and had all my stuff. put my phone in the box, fed ex picked it up the next day. I tracked it on the apple repair site, it said they were running diagnostics that same day and the next the web site said replacement phone sent and it got to me in a brand new nice little apple box like the original, only smaller. None of the accessories were sent in or replaced. Hope that answers your question.
Good Luck!
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Best practice for keeping battery life optimal

I am in a job role where my usage of my iPhone 4S is best described as:
Weekdays: long call (60+ minutes) after long call (60+ minutes), etc. but MOSTLY voice calls.
and
Evenings/Nights: Use my phone occasionally, mostly apps/data/entertainment type of use.
So far, I tend to keep my phone plugged in while I'm on these long conference calls, unplug when I need to step out, or step away from my desk, but then plug back in for the next call, etc.
I plug in at night to start a fresh, 100% full battery the next day.
Should I do anything differently to get the best life (long term) out of my battery? Should I not keep it plugged in while using it?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html
I have to admit I never gave special attention to batterie on my 3 Ipod-iPhone and 2 MacBookPro and battery lasted for 3-4 years (even 5 on my first MBP).

Needed: system requirements, recommendations & best practices

I realize that this is just a beta release but I think it'd be nice if the system requirements for this VS.NET add-in were clearly defined in a single post/page.
For example, Christian Shay's reply to "Oracle Release Requirements" by [170516] indicates that "For the beta release you should be able to use Oracle Database version 8.1.7 or later." However, Christian's reply in the "Oracle DB 8.1.7 connection problems" thread started by [151631] indicates that "you'd need to upgrade to at least 8.1.7.4.1 for it to work."
Which is it??? I'm using Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.2.0 and I don't want to install this add-in if it's not going to work with my current environment. I realize I can download 10g but my employer is using 8.1.7.2 and that's my target DB for now.
In browsing this forum, I've read a number of posts with suggestions (such as installing the version 10 client in a new Oracle Home, etc.) and I think it'd be nice to see a basic set of requirements/recommendations/best practices in a single place for all to read.

Hi
Can you also include the following in the FAQ?
1) ODP.NET if installed prior to this beta version - what is the best practice ? De-install it prior to getting this installed etc ..
2) As multiple Oracle home's have become the NORM these days - this being a Client only should probably be non-intrusive and non-invasive.. Hope that is getting addressed.
3) Is this a pre-cursor to the future happenings like some of the App-Server evolving to support .NET natively and so on??
4) Where is BPEL in this scheme of things? Is that getting added to this also so that Eclipse and .NET VS 2003 developers can use some common Webservice framework??
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Best way to extend battery life?

I have been using my IPAD with it being plugged in when I can. I feel this may help to prolong battery life than for the battery to charge/discharge so often. Any thoughts? Thank you!

The quickest way (and really the only way) to charge your iPad is with the included 10W USB Power Adapter. iPad will also charge, although more slowly, when attached to a computer with a high-power USB port (many recent Mac computers) or with an iPhone Power Adapter (5W). When attached to a computer via a standard USB port (most PCs or older Mac computers) iPad will charge very slowly (but iPad indicates not charging). Make sure your computer is on while charging iPad via USB. If iPad is connected to a computer that’s turned off or is in sleep or standby mode, the iPad battery will continue to drain.
Apple recommends that once a month you let the iPad fully discharge & then recharge to 100%.
At this link http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/galaxy-tab-android-tablet,3014-11.html , tests show that the iPad 2 battery (25 watt-hours) will charge to 90% in 3 hours 1 minute. It will charge to 100% in 4 hours 2 minutes. The new iPad has a larger capacity battery (42 watt-hours), so using the 10W charger will obviously take longer. If you are using your iPad while charging, it will take even longer. It's best to turn your new iPad OFF and charge over night. Also look at The iPad's charging challenge explained http://www.macworld.com/article/1150356/ipadcharging.html
Also, if you have a 3rd generation iPad, look at Apple: iPad Battery Nothing to Get Charged Up About
http://allthingsd.com/20120327/apple-ipad-battery-nothing-to-get-charged-up-abou t/
Apple Explains New iPad's Continued Charging Beyond 100% Battery Level
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/27/apple-explains-new-ipads-continued-charging- beyond-100-battery-level/
 Cheers, Tom

How can I get the best out of my battery life?

There are a variety of things you can do to extend your device battery life, and use your phone for longer periods of time to see you through the day.
Set your screen to timeout after a period of inactivity. This way your phone is not sitting idle with the screen backlight consuming extra energy. The recommended screen timeout is 30 seconds, but most phones will allow from 15 seconds to 10 minutes.
Turn off location services (GPS), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when not using these functions. When they're on, your phone constantly searches for your current location and open networks, which has a big impact on battery life.
Turn down the screen brightness. For example, on an iPhone 4 the lowest brightness setting gives roughly 6.5 hours of continuous use, whereas the highest setting gives roughly 3.5 hours. You can always adjust the brightness when you're outside so you can still see your screen clearly. Some devices have an auto-brightness setting, where the phone adjusts the screen brightness depending on the light around it.
Close your applications. On smartphones, returning to the ‘home' screen only minimises your apps – they keep running in the background. Closing your apps fully will save power; for example, on Samsung Galaxy devices hold down the home button for two seconds to see a list of all open apps. You can then swipe these to the left of the screen to exit them completely. On an Apple product, double press the home button to bring up all active applications and exit from there.

Re: How can I get the best out of my battery life?
Hi,
When I make phone calls people on the other end have difficulty hearing me. They describe as they can hardly hear me as if I was speaking through the pillow etc). I am not touching any buttons and obviously it is not mute. This was happening couple of time in June, then every now and then. Recently it happened a few time in 2 weeks. I was trying to check if it was a reception issue but the place I spoke from is my office I make 70% of phone calls from. Can you book time for me in repair shop and address the issue.
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How to prolong battery life

How often should i calibrate the battery? does calibrating the battery more often help to prolong battery life? I usually leave airport on even if im not using the internet, so does that drain the battery life much faster than if I left it off? I use my laptop sometimes in class with airport on, but im not using the internet. And it went from 100% to about 85% in about 40 minutes. Text edit was the only application I had open. is this normal? Idk i might be wrong, but it just seems to me that my battery drains really fast. bluetooth is always off. at home even when its at 100% i leave the charger plugged in. is that affecting battery life?

How to calibrate:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86284
Do that for a couple of month or whenever you think the battery starting to behave erratically.
Some more explanation :
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
And 15% for 40 minutes is about right even if you using it only for text edit, considering the screen is on most of the time.
Yes airport consume power too, if you not need that for a long time (in class for 1 hour), turn it off. But some user posted that the different is only couple minutes only.
And new battery technology won't let you over charge the battery, so it still safe to leave it plugged let say overnight.
Good Luck.

What's the best way to save battery life on ios 7

What's the best way to save battery life on ios 7

Turn off services that you are using, e.g., bluetooth, cellular data, etc.
See also here:
https://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html
http://ipod.about.com/od/ipad/a/conserve-ipad-battery-life.htm
http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-ios-7-release-15-ways-improve-battery-life-your-iph one-or-ipad-1413218

Oracle EPM 11.1.2.3 Hardware Requirement and best practice

Hello,
Could anyone help me find the Minimum Hardware Requirement for the Oracle EPM 11.1.2.3 on the Windows 2008R2 Server? What's best practice to get the optimum performance after the default configuration i.e. modify or look for the entries that need to be modified based on the hardware resource (CPU and RAM) and number of users accessing the Hyperion reports/files.
Thanks,
Yash

Why would you want to know the minimum requirements, surely it would be best to have optimal server specs, the nearest you are going to get is contained in the standard deployment guide - About Standard Deployment
Saying that it is not possibly to provide stats based on nothing, you would really need to undertake a technical design review/workshop as there many topics to cover before coming up with server information.
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John

Best Practice to use battery

Sir, I am a Lenovo user since 7 months, I have a technical doubt . Is it good to run on battery power or to use a charger when I use it in my home? Please tell me how to use my laptop efficiently . Is it good to running on AC adapter or on battery for 1 or 2 hours of usage
Please advice
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Hi
Capacity is the length of time you can run your system on a fully charged battery. It is normal for all
batteries to lose some capacity over time. Each time you discharge and recharge your battery, you will lose
a very small amount of this capacity.
Some of the capacity may be recovered through using a more aggressive power management scheme.
You may also want to check for specific information on your system; for example, some BIOS updates
include power management enhancements. Other systems have specific tools to help with battery life.
You can charge the battery pack while the computer is powered on or off.
After the battery pack has been fully charged, you can operate the computer;
however, the battery gauge may not accurately report the amount of charge until
the battery pack has been calibrated. It is, therefore, recommended that a new
battery pack be calibrated soon after purchase.
To maintain the measurement
accuracy, Lenovo recommends periodic calibration about every 90 days to reassess
the energy storing capacity of the cells. To complete the calibration of a battery, a
full charge of the battery must be followed by a full uninterrupted discharge.
Unless these two steps are completed together, proper calibration is not achieved
Hope This Helps
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HT204054 How to prolong battery life?

The question is how to help the battery live its longest life--not runtime for each charge but how to prolong overall battery life??

"Full discharges put a lot of strain on the battery, and it's much better practice to do shallow discharges to no lower than 20 percent."
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/04/ask-ars-the-best-way-to-use-a-lithium-ion -battery-redux/
That's about it. For the rest: https://www.apple.com/batteries/

Satellite U405 - What is the best way to increases battery life

Hi everyone!
I've been looking for this quite a bit and all I could find are conflicting answers and some confusing instructions... :)
Even the PDF file for my U405 has some conflicting tips (is it recommended to fully discharge it or not?)
Let's say that I don't want to remove it and store it with a 40% charge in a low temperature location (?) because I also want to trust it as a UPS (power failures are common where I stay).
So, in short, what is the best way to prolong my battery life to its maximum? Should I fully discharge it once a month or only half way through? Should it never be fully charged or that's actually a good thing?
Thanks in advance for any wisdom anyone can offer on this!
David

The best way would be indeed to put it out of the notebook, but you already said, you won't do this.
So, I would say to fully unload the battery once in a while and load it to a maximum.
This is all I can tell you right now, but don't know how much this will increase the battery's life.

Prolonging battery life

I bought an 11 inch MacBook Air a few days ago. I find the battery life isn't as long as with my other portable Macs, I just did a test, keeping the MacBook Air on, not letting it sleep or energy save, running Mail and iCal and occasionally using Safari, with the screen light about three bits along so not too bright and the keys not illuminated at all - the battery lasted 5 1/2 hours. I gather that is is quite acceptable for this MacBook Air as it's so small. My question concerns how to keep my battery life good. I normally use my computer at home, I simply want the ability to take it out easily and to take to different rooms in the house.
Should I run the MacBook Air on the plug almost always ? Or should I run it on battery whenever it gets charged fully and then plug it in when it's nearly empty ? Or doesn't it matter one way or the other ?
I note from Apple that there is no need to calibrate this type of battery - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490 - but there's no advice about how to prolong the battery life.
Anne

The general rules are, use the battery just when you need to, but do some periodic deep cycling to keep the battery in shape.
Here is a tech article from Apple that give some basic guidelines.

What is the best way to improve battery life on the iphone 5?

I have the iphone 5 with iOS 6.01. I wanted to ask which is the best way (cleanest way to wipe the device), so I can attempt to improve battery life?

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Best 7200RPM HDD for battery life

Anyone have any suggestions on the best 7200RPM hard drive for battery life? I think the one I have is draining the battery because it's the only thing I have changed. Even on 99% my battery indicator has never showed 7 hours, max I have ever seen is 5 so I assume its the hdd pulling the charge.

If you've only had this MBP for two days, have you even run the battery all the way down to see how long the battery actually lasts? What you see in the menu bar is only an estimate based on what you're doing with the computer at the time. It becomes somewhat more accurate over time (because it remembers your common use patterns) but it's never as meaningful as it seems. But if you haven't calibrated your battery yet, and you don't have enough experience with the machine to know how long your battery lasts in real life, you have nothing to be concerned about.

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