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@DragonLord Use it or lose it, the battery is not going to "store" well anyways. There is every logical reason to have an ability to not charge a li-ion full up always, for those devices that allow for that, but even then there is not a huge percentage differance between totally proper storage of a li-ion, and just freking using it as that is what it was made for.
A Minor difference in a laptop (vs storage) the heat will degrade it faster too, heat depending (of course) completely on what the Laptop is used for, how much heat.
In years of testing here, there is way more difference in "quality" of the cells used in the battery pack, than proper storage methods. Meaning as usual good cells will last well stored proper or used, and crappy cells will die way faster in time used or stored.
The option for running on battery and paying for it (one way or another) be it an UPS or keeping the battery in a removabe battery device , OR loosing your data, always becomes an easier choice when you A) lose a lot of work (or play) B) Realise what a pain in the butt and roundabout methods to try and maintain the state every 5 min or so.
A Good UPS has one more huge advantage , that is less often discussed, for some reason when it is there , even a not fully isolated one, the $$$$ hardware lives a lot longer.
A secondary reason for me to use UPSes was all the stupid tiny surges , plus the brownouts which are especially torturous. It became more like the primary reason to use them, when the hardware on the UPSes quit having failures of the replace the thing kind.
The cost of a Good UPS is bettern and less money then some Insurance that wont pay off when you need it.
Side notes: Brown power or low power can be a huge problem for mosfet hexfet switching components, they literally burn up (resistive) when not fully switched. as there is more and more digital switching curcuitry in things. Switching stuff is being used way way more often, therfore a brownout where stuff does Not stop, can be the worst of the worst.
Reminding people of all the times the power was acting funny on the grid, storms or transformers or grid switching, and they naysaid turning off the computer, knowing that the chances are until the grid is stabelised there will be more of these surges (high or low). Persons with highly reactionary regulated style UPSes get to hear them all . . . Beeep.