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Lenovo at one time (they still might, I'm not sure) included a piece of software that allowed the user to optimize charging for battery life. Basically, it would stop the battery from reaching 100% of a charge.

Great idea, except that if you forgot to turn this feature off and had to leave, you might leave the house with just 60% battery life.



Yeah, I have this on my Yoga 2 Pro. The utility is called Energy Manager - and the setting is "Conservation mode".

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34801...


I'm using a Lenovo now and they still have it. Old Samsung also had something similar, Battery Life Extender, which won't stops charging at 80% even when plugged.


The Sony VAIO laptops also have this feature. Sad thing is there is no option for enabling this on Linux.


Yep - I have this on my Lenovo.




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