3 ms·

3.5 hours is still pretty good. Every Dell I've ever had for work is 1.5 hours tops.

• jandrese 4y ago
  Your work is skimping on the battery. My work machine (a Precision 7550) easily runs all work day on battery, even with horrible battery hogs like Microsoft Teams running. One thing to watch out for: Sometimes the audio driver starts busywaiting after you wake from suspend if you have been using bluetooth. You have to manually kill it in the task manager or it will drain your battery in an hour. You can tell when it happens because the laptop gets hot and the fan starts spinning even though you're not pushing it at all.
  • DrThunder 4y ago
    That thing is a chonky boy though. My XPS is absolutely absymal with battery life and the Latitudes I had previously were no better.
    • jandrese 4y ago
      Small, high power, and long battery life is a choose two situation.
      • DrThunder 4y ago
        Doesn't seem to be with my new M2 MacBook. It's far more powerful, smaller and has battery life far beyond my year old XPS.