What is the best charge/discharge regime for the laptop battery?

I have a HP G71 340US laptop with 12 cell battery of 8800 mAh design capacity.
It is clear, that keeping the laptop plugged, and always having 100% charged battery is not the most healthy regime for the battery.
I have found from the web that permanently charging and discharging the battery (like charging form 9% to 100% then back to 9% and so on) is also far not the most healthy regime for the battery.
So my question is: what is the most healthy regime for battery charging/discharging, assuming that the AC power source is always available?
It seems there in so software which can support such regime automatically, as charging cannot be stopped programmable, but maybe there is a software which can report corresponding alerts, informing that it is time to start charging or to start discharging?
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vahagn21 wrote:
Yes, we can, but looking to the battery icon next to the clock every five or ten minutes is not the best solution, right?
Hi,
Probably you've got more times than me, I only look at it once in its life time. Please try this if you wish
http://download.cnet.com/Laptop-Battery-Monitor/3000-2094_4-10442542.html
Regards,
ps. I have to go to work now. 6:40AM already
BH
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