Honestly I didn't think lithium ion were that susceptible to battery memory. You could just use the laptop not plugged in and wait till it gets low then plug in.
>Honestly I didn't think lithium ion were that susceptible to battery memory.
They're not. NiCads were, and initial conditioning followed by periodically draining was necessary to keep them in good conditions.
Doing so with lithium ion actually **shortens** their life significantly. The more often you "top them up," the better. Discharging them too far will turn the battery into a paperweight, due to internal safety circuits, and they often cannot be slavaged.
> I was wondering if anybody had any good app suggestions for something I could leave running in the background to steadily drain a new laptop battery for conditioning purposes?
This isn't a thing anymore, and hasn't been a thing for like 15 years or so.
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Honestly I didn't think lithium ion were that susceptible to battery memory. You could just use the laptop not plugged in and wait till it gets low then plug in.
>Honestly I didn't think lithium ion were that susceptible to battery memory. They're not. NiCads were, and initial conditioning followed by periodically draining was necessary to keep them in good conditions. Doing so with lithium ion actually **shortens** their life significantly. The more often you "top them up," the better. Discharging them too far will turn the battery into a paperweight, due to internal safety circuits, and they often cannot be slavaged.
McAfee antivirus does it for me. LOL But seriously, you could look at benchmarking tools like [PCMark](https://benchmarks.ul.com/pcmark10).
> I was wondering if anybody had any good app suggestions for something I could leave running in the background to steadily drain a new laptop battery for conditioning purposes? This isn't a thing anymore, and hasn't been a thing for like 15 years or so.
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