Alienware m18x Battery

Chereboy

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Oct 10, 2013
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Hi guys, I just recently bought a Alienware m18x laptop and wanted to know if it is a laptop that is made for playing on charge, and if not, is it recommended to play while charging ?. On most laptops you are not suppose to play while charging because it burns the battery and kills its life. So i wanted to know if its bad to play while charging.
 
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ALL Lithium ion batteries, which is used in most, if not all, modern laptops are better used plugged in than otherwise.

even while it's plugged in, the battery life will still slowly die out, though it's not as bad as constantly charging and discharging the battery which whittles away the battery more rapidly.

personal tip; only run on it's battery when there's no power socket nearby, like in a plane. additionally, and apparently this seems to work based on some accounts from other users here, if you want to preserve your battery life as much as you can, get a zip lock bag, put the battery in it making sure there's no moisture in it, and put it in the fridge, i troll you not. it doesn't preserve much, but you do see a bit of an...

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ALL Lithium ion batteries, which is used in most, if not all, modern laptops are better used plugged in than otherwise.

even while it's plugged in, the battery life will still slowly die out, though it's not as bad as constantly charging and discharging the battery which whittles away the battery more rapidly.

personal tip; only run on it's battery when there's no power socket nearby, like in a plane. additionally, and apparently this seems to work based on some accounts from other users here, if you want to preserve your battery life as much as you can, get a zip lock bag, put the battery in it making sure there's no moisture in it, and put it in the fridge, i troll you not. it doesn't preserve much, but you do see a bit of an improvement, apparently.
 
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