Resolved Laptop power percentage

My daughter called me from college today and had a question about her laptop. She has a Dell that is just over a year old. After charging the battery, she says the finished product says 95% instead of the 100% she is used to. I told her to not worry about it and that batteries gradually lose capacity over time. I told her I would post this question here to see if I really knew what I was talking about!

So, does she have anything to worry about with this laptop?

Thanks.

 

Normal behaviour, Batteries will lose capacity over time.

96% after a year+, nothing to worry about.

 

Some laptops including Dell have a program that will drain the battery 100% then tell you to charge it back. Has she tried this?

 

For older NiCad's MrBill, I wouldn't recommend draining a LiIon completely (they don't have a battery memory but don't like being fully discharged). Bucksone, before you try draining 100% confirm the type of battery.

 

The poster said it was a little over a year old. That should rule out your theory. Yes? No?

 

My old Dell 1200 and my new Gateway both have the program to do this. Came with them on them.

 

It sounds like 95% is nothing to worry about, so I'll tell her to not worry about it and worry about things like homework, tests, etc.

Thanks for the responses.

 

Do her homework??? If she is like my grandkids, they never have any till bed time.