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An overview of laptop battery technology
Authored by: 010111 on Mar 22, '03 05:04:36PM

i thought the 17" didn't use plain old litium-ion batteries anymore (the 12" and 15" still do though...) they use "lithium-ion prismatic" ... anyone know the difference between the two?



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An overview of laptop battery technology
Authored by: coyote on Mar 23, '03 06:30:41PM

Here is some information on 'lithium ion prismatic' batteries:

http://www.ulbi.com/product-display.asp?ID=47

coyote

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An overview of laptop battery technology
Authored by: tim ryan on Jun 18, '03 01:32:53PM

sorry,nothing spectacular here....prismatic refers to shape of battery...flat and thin rectangular



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An overview of laptop battery technology
Authored by: nnewton on Sep 03, '03 05:20:30PM

The lithium prismatic battery is just made with lithium prismatic cells AKA square or rectangle cells to conserve space or for style. You will find that they carry a variety of capacities but are most generally less capacity than standard cylindrical cells used in most batteries.
Most cell phone batteries are made with prismatic liion cells now...Also, The 'battery regulators' in lithium batteries nowadays are made to regulate charge&discharge and sometimes to talk to the computer on state of charges. You should not worry to much about the cycles (usually 250-750 is industry standard) since the battery may act weird due to the regulator protecting the cells. If your battery isnt working well, just run it dead twice and charge it-you may find it will work better the next dozen cycles...2-3 years is standard. It will have a shelf life charged of 5-7 years. But remember that by the time it reaches a consumer the battery has already aged a year...Most manufaturers use decent cells so shop price from reputable online companies for a deal...

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