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I am mildly excited for Kaby Lake for laptops. I was excited to buy a Kaby Lake Mac Book Pro. Especially when the Dell XPS13 is showing off >10 hours of 4k vid
by valarauca1 10y ago
I am mildly excited for Kaby Lake for laptops.
I was excited to buy a Kaby Lake Mac Book Pro. Especially when the Dell XPS13 is showing off >10 hours of 4k video playback on battery [1]. I can get about 12-14 hours on my 2014/2015 MBP (coding with a dark background, low brightness) I really enjoy the added flexibility longer battery life gives me.
[1] http://www.pcworld.com/article/3127250/hardware/intel-kaby-lake-review-what-optimization-can-do-for-a-14nm-cpu.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/3127250/hardware/intel-kaby-l...
- rhodysurf 10y agoThe colors on your screen will not affect battery life (Unless it is AMOLED)
- valarauca1 10y agoHuh, thanks for pointing out this misconception I was harboring :D
- peller 10y agoColors, I don't think explicitly shorten battery life, but greater brightness and higher resolutions, yes.
- dkersten 10y agoIf anything, dark background will use more power as the pixels need to be fully powered to block out the backlight. Not sure if this is still the case, but it used to be afaik. CRT's were the opposite in that black meant the beam was off or somesuch and therefore white used more power. But that's not been true for a long time.