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Pro tip: if you mostly use your laptop in plugged in mode, set your charging thresholds to 40-50% and your battery will be usable for many years.

• chdir 12y ago
  Great feature but probably limited to T-series only.
  • geoka9 12y ago
    Also supported on older X series in Linux (the tp_smapi kernel module), and probably on many others. It's also possible to set the thresholds from Windows once and they'll persist even when you turn off the laptop.
  • pierrec 12y ago
    Actually, the feature is present on a lot of Lenovos (even non-thinkpads). My anecdotal experience it that it works quite well. However it's only accessible from their energy management tray program on Windows, so if you do a clean Linux install right away, you won't even know about it. You need to try the kernel module pointed out in the sibling comment.