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6 hours being good depends on your frame of reference. It's half the battery life of the Macbook (12 hours for the current model). The zenbook looks like a com
by aroman 13y ago
6 hours being good depends on your frame of reference. It's half the battery life of the Macbook (12 hours for the current model).
The zenbook looks like a competitor, but I'd need to be sure that it's built as solidly as the MBA. The MBA is even thinner and for about the same price you get hardware that is incredibly well designed and manufactured.
For me, I've learned the hard way that going by raw specs alone is a poor way to judge a laptop (desktops are another beast) -- it's the build quality and the little things that make or break the pleasantness of the experience.
- pessimizer 13y agoI've been getting 9 hours on the Zareason Ultralap running LMDE.
- fpgeek 13y agoComparing the Zenbook Prime's battery life to a current-generation Macbook Air doesn't tell you anything about ASUS vs Apple. It just tells you that Haswell is much more power-efficient than Ivy Bridge, which should have been obvious. ASUS and other manufacturers should be out with their Haswell refreshes soon enough. Then you can make a more meaningful comparison.
- aroman 13y agoFair enough, but I wasn't trying to make a claim about ASUS vs Apple. I was responding to his question about 6 hours being "good". The previous generation Macbook Air (Ivy Bride) still gets more at 7 hours anyway.
- fiter 13y agoFair enough. I didn't realize the new MBA was so far ahead on battery life. While most of the build has been solid for the 9 months I've owned it, the durability of the power plug (an element that can hose the computer) worries me. Coming from a 12" ThinkPad with 1024x768 screen, the 1080p sold me on the ASUS. I'm sure the MBA will get "Retina" display screens soon though.