[NAME]  Keep it connected. Manually unplugging at 80% and reconnecting at 50% is not the same thing as implementing those settings, because in your case you would be actively discharging the battery to run the system while disconnected. With the configuration in the thread that you linked, the system would be running from AC power and the battery would simply be idle, and the drain would come from “self-discharge”, a process that could take weeks if the battery was never actively used to run the system. Discharging a battery unnecessarily is going to impose more wear than keeping it topped up all the time.
Hi, I have a Precision 7760 mobile workstation(Ubuntu) and nowadays I almost always use it while plugged in. I was wondering if it could harm the battery and I came across this: [URL] The option to set "50-80%" limit might have been the solution but I have the Long Life Cycle battery and on the BIOS it shows "A long lifecycle battery is currently attached. The charge configuration can not be changed with this type of battery." and the options are disabled. In this case I was wondering if it would be better to keep it plugged in(constantly at 100%) or manually unplug when it reaches ~80% and plug it back in at ~50%.
Using laptop while constantly plugged in