What would you do without them? Seriously, if every single battery of every single type were suddenly zapped out of every single thing that it operated, what would any of us do?
If you have your PC case off you will see something on the motherboard that looks like a small thick silver coin. That is the battery. There are other types of battery used on newer machines (Ni-Cad, NVRAM) but these much less frequently found and so I won't discuss them further.
Use lithium stocks copyright the battery. Li-Ion safety circuits do a lot of great things to keep it in good condition, but they're going to go south if you don't use them. There is no wonder they're stored charged to half-capacity. If you most often use your netbook using AC power while you're at home, make sure that you let it run to the point where windows gives critical battery level warning at least two or three times a week.
When it's time to buy a new lithium ion battery, be sure you're buying one that's new (as in recently produced). Just like fruit has a shelf-life, so do batteries and just like you want to buy fresh produce, you also want to invest in "fresh" lithium ion cells. Check the date-code on the battery or packaging to ensure you're not buying a pack that's been degrading for a year on some shelf.
For the most part, laptops do not come with batteries with extended life periods. For example, the typical laptop Lithium battery stocks will only last around an hour or so, which leaves you little to no time for work or communication while on the go, unless you happen to be nearby a place for charging. Then it kind of defeats the purpose of a laptop for most people anyways. The laptop is supposed to be mobile. In order to make your laptop fit your lifestyle best, you will need to make sure you look for high quality laptop batteries.
In case you are using new nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery, remember you should not charge the battery for too long or it will overcharge it and end up shortening the life of the battery. However, it is important to charge and discharge the battery three times just like the Lithium mines Ontario-ion battery to ensure that it has a long a life.
Don't empty the battery completely. Modern safety circuits take care of this, but if you take it to 3% capacity, then leave it like that for three months, it's most probably going to be damaged and lose some of its maximum capacity. If you have to store it for a while, charge it to 60%, and leave it like that in a dry and cold place.
Third, it is quite important to fully charge the battery every time, also to run the battery to be empty every time. The reason is the battery will lose charge day after day if the battery in your notebook is a nickel metal hydride. Therefore, your battery will dies a certain days later and you need to order a new one. Your work will be affected and money will come out of your pocket. Shortly, you can keep your battery in a good condition for a long time if you do as what have mentioned above.