Some Computer / Technology News Article Comments 2006-07-26
LI-ION batteries always blow up if they are substantially overcharged on high current (like Dells) or if they are shorted for a long time. I wanna keep the ability to charge 2 batteries in 4 hours though….with the machine on. Alienware takes 4 hours to charge 1 battery with the machine off. Dell probably has a separate charge circuit for each bank of 4 cells and the 8000-8200 batteries have 2 banks and the XPS ones have 3 (subwoofer) or 4 (no subwoofer). My Alienware has 3 banks (4×3=12 cells). I think LI-ION cells are up to 2600mah now for the size that laptop batteries use. AND you can build your own batteries too. Don’t leave out the protection chip though.
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This is cool new technology. It seems public enough to be resistant to be being bought out and shelved. So I hope to see it in my Thumb Drive, Camera/Phone memory card, or even a smy PCS’s main RAM within the next 5-10 years.
Update 7/28/2006 - Broke this post into two because it might be confusing the Google ads.
