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> My 18-hour laptop is more like 8-10 hours of real work usage, which is still fantastic compared to the 2-3 hours I would get at similar tasks 6-7 years ago.

> My 18-hour laptop is more like 8-10 hours of real work usage, which is still fantastic compared to the 2-3 hours I would get at similar tasks 6-7 years ago. I’m not sure if you’re using an M1/2 MacBook but if you’re using windows laptops - 2 to 3 hours is pretty poor even for an old laptop (assuming it didn’t have an H series processor which is a whole another story). My (dad’s) HP Probook with its 6th gen i5 processor could get between 6-10 hours of battery life when I got it around 2020, after some years of use. Sure, old batteries degrade, but 2-3 hours for a laptop less than 3-4 years old (or older, but with a new battery) is kinda poor to start with.

andrekandre 3y ago
> 2 to 3 hours is pretty poor even for an old laptop i get this on my macbook pro m1, but it happens when i have some webpages that suck battery life (google docs, jira etc) and/or xcode/android studio open (just sitting there) oh and corporate mandated ant-virus... i think it might be highly dependent on work patters/environments
starttoaster 3y ago
I have a fairly recent Dell XPS, maybe 2 years old. i9 and mobile RTX 3070. Realistically I get about 3-4 hours on it before it's dead. Pretty similar battery life if I'm on my linux partition too.
datavirtue 3y ago
Never had a windows laptop that would last more than three hours...brand new or remanufactured. And I have used a LOT of windows laptops in my time, both used and new. Except for the Lenovo Thinkpad X, or whatever they called it. I think I got ~8 solid hours of use out of them. My 2022 MacBook Pro easily goes all day and into the evening under heavy use.
stetrain 3y ago
I’m comparing my experience with Macbooks with M1/M2 Max vs Dell XPS with Intel H-series and DGPUs. Back in 2017-2019 3 hours of battery with visual studio, docker, etc. running was pretty standard for those as I remember it.

andrekandre 3y ago

> 2 to 3 hours is pretty poor even for an old laptop i get this on my macbook pro m1, but it happens when i have some webpages that suck battery life (google docs, jira etc) and/or xcode/android studio open (just sitting there) oh and corporate mandated ant-virus... i think it might be highly dependent on work patters/environments

starttoaster 3y ago

I have a fairly recent Dell XPS, maybe 2 years old. i9 and mobile RTX 3070. Realistically I get about 3-4 hours on it before it's dead. Pretty similar battery life if I'm on my linux partition too.

datavirtue 3y ago

Never had a windows laptop that would last more than three hours...brand new or remanufactured. And I have used a LOT of windows laptops in my time, both used and new. Except for the Lenovo Thinkpad X, or whatever they called it. I think I got ~8 solid hours of use out of them. My 2022 MacBook Pro easily goes all day and into the evening under heavy use.

stetrain 3y ago

I’m comparing my experience with Macbooks with M1/M2 Max vs Dell XPS with Intel H-series and DGPUs. Back in 2017-2019 3 hours of battery with visual studio, docker, etc. running was pretty standard for those as I remember it.