No not at all. I do everything on this system -- except gaming, which is a waste of time mostly -- I already clocked in what 3 or 4 years of real time on WoW? T

No not at all. I do everything on this system -- except gaming, which is a waste of time mostly -- I already clocked in what 3 or 4 years of real time on WoW? The needle is out, and I am going to stay clean this time :p But DK solo tanking was amazing while it lasted. World PvP prot pally was also fun. The S series starting in the T460 I think is crap. Having the big honking external battery is a must. The non S series are as big as the T450s were and you get all your ports too. My T450s gets over 20hours battery life with the extended battery. That being said I wonder if you could get more life out of your T460s. Check with powertop how many watts you use in idle. You should be able to get it to 3w (I can get mine t450s to 2.5w) idle. Use the turntables in powertop -- set them to "GOOD", you can write a systems service to enable them on boot. For me the key to saving battery life is to optimize how much you use when you are not using your laptop.