Mac Forum / General / Hardware / September 2006

I've been using an old Pismo laptop plugged into the wall for the last
three years and leave it on all the time. I only restart it
occasionally after it craps out on something or after a power outage. I
use sleep mode the rest of the time when I'm not actually working on
it. I leave the battery out and only charge it up and use it on the
very seldom time that I take the Pismo out with me. It's been flawless
for me.

Gerry

The only problem with this scheme is that you lose out on the fact that
the battery effectively gives you UPS protection in the cae of a black
out or brown out. If it's more important to you to extend battery life
than to protect your unsaved work in the case of a problem with the
electricity supply then go ahead. Personally I'd rather not risk it.

Paul

I do this with the batter (second one, used) on my Pismo.  It's sitting
outside the laptop not doing anything.  I got tired of watching the
lights on the battery show up when it was 'charging' a couple of times a
day.  But I have it plugged into a UPS so I don't worry about power
going out, at least for the short term.

Greg B.