[6ppc]

I’m no expert, but if I recall correctly, lithium-ion battery life is tied to the number of charging cycles, not how deep the battery is discharged. Bottom line, to maximize life you should run plugged in as much as possible and only run off the battery when you really need to.

Again...I think this is correct, but I could be wrong.

[Blue Highway]

I think on partial charge cycles it is counted as a complete cycle. Also on my sister's 7 year old HP laptop she rarely ever used the laptop on battery power alone. I exercised the battery but it struggles even now to get more than 10 minutes of runtime off of it.

I basically ran my original battery like this: 2. New battery pack needs to be fully charged and discharged (cycled) a few times before it can condition to full capacity.

[Blue Highway]

So basically every time I used my laptop I was cycling the batteries.