Are sealed-in batteries a good idea?

hst19

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I'm thinking of buying a new laptop and wish to do some moderate gaming on it. Some of them have sealed-in batteries (Asus K551, Dell 7535 for example). Isn't this a bad idea? Laptop batteries get affected by heat and these laptops are equipped with some mid-range dedicated graphics cards and processors. They do have ULV processors but wouldn't processor/graphics intensive tasks like regular gaming generate heat and do massive damage to the battery if it is always inside the laptop, rendering it useless within about a year if not a few months? Or is there something I'm missing here?
 
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Not a good idea, batteries eventually stop holding a full charge after time.

If you plan to use it as a desktop replacement, remove the battery while on mains.

Every few months, charge up the battery, but don;t let it go 100% flat.

Dell batteries suck, especially the consumer models that fail to hold a 100% charge after a year, lost count of how many times I have to fight with dell to replace batteries less than a year old that hold a pathetic charge and these are business class machines, with supposed 3 years warrenty !

das_stig

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Not a good idea, batteries eventually stop holding a full charge after time.

If you plan to use it as a desktop replacement, remove the battery while on mains.

Every few months, charge up the battery, but don;t let it go 100% flat.

Dell batteries suck, especially the consumer models that fail to hold a 100% charge after a year, lost count of how many times I have to fight with dell to replace batteries less than a year old that hold a pathetic charge and these are business class machines, with supposed 3 years warrenty !
 
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