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> that needs to be recharged every few weeks "Yeah you're not getting that, you'll just get a smaller battery that'll give you the same 6 hours and you're gonn
by moffkalast 2y ago
> that needs to be recharged every few weeks
"Yeah you're not getting that, you'll just get a smaller battery that'll give you the same 6 hours and you're gonna like it."
- every laptop manufacturer ever
- miahi 2y ago"But look how thin it is!"
- moffkalast 2y ago"So think I think I can actually bend i- oh shit."
- ExoticPearTree 2y agoI wonder what the economic reason for that would be, assuming that such a battery exists.
- nasmorn 2y agoLaptop battery size has historically been limited in high performance machines by the FAA with 100Wh. I guess you could build a MacBook Air type device with insane battery life nowadays though.
- moffkalast 2y agoDoes the rest of the world have similar rules or is this a case of manufacturers aiming for the largest possible compatible market, as a sort of Brussels Effect but in a shitty least common denominator way?
- nasmorn 2y agoThere is an global IATA regulation with the same limit I don’t know which was first