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>> What use case needs 12+? Probably none, but knowing your laptop can go 12 on light use gives you a little more comfort when doing more CPU intensive work wh
by slantyyz 10y ago
>> What use case needs 12+?
Probably none, but knowing your laptop can go 12 on light use gives you a little more comfort when doing more CPU intensive work while on battery.
I'd be surprised if I could get 12 hours on that HP Spectre with my bad habits (tens of Chrome tabs left open at the same time).
- kobeya 10y agoI routinely make 14-hour plane flights. Having long battery life for that is killer, at least until we finally see plug-in power ports in economy class. But even day to day, "12 hour battery" is assuming CPU- and GPU-light workloads. The actual work I do, requiring a lot of compilation and GPU crunching, cuts a battery life in half or by two-thirds depending on the model. A typical laptop then is reduced to about ~2hrs of battery life, and an extended "12 hour battery" is more like 4-6hrs.