>>Back in the early 80s I went to the Paul Simon's concert. The concert was excellent; Simon is a great guitar player and a terrific singer. As is often the case, he was telling some jokes. One joke, I still remember, goes something like this:
>>"A psychiatrist, during a therapy session, asked me, 'Do you ever look at your stool after you go to the bathroom?'. I said, 'No', but from that point on ... "
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>>I never before looked at the battery status of my laptop. Now, after changing the battery, I can't go 10 minutes without looking at how much time it has left. Since this morning I work on the battery only, not plugged in. Just wanted to see that if it can hold the charge. I notice that the time left on the battery changes depending on how many applications I have open. It goes from 2 hrs to 5 hrs. Right now, at 91% remaining, it still has about 5 hours.
>>Hopefully I will be able to stop monitoring the battery level and start focusing on other important things :)
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>From what I've seen on american TV, whether the battery charge will hold mostly depends on prosecution, and how they built the case.

The case is almost always plastic, but usually high-grade. The battery is locked up forever, it's a dangerous offender.