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Being able to charge my laptop at night, and not worry about getting though the day is incredible. It is game changing, I absolutely wouldn't give up 3 to 4 ho

Being able to charge my laptop at night, and not worry about getting though the day is incredible. It is game changing, I absolutely wouldn't give up 3 to 4 hours of battery life for a better resolution, not even close. Being able to do a full day of meetings, using the laptop all day (12+ hours of real use), and finish they day out at my hotel with 15%+ left is something I am not about to mess with.

benologist 13y ago
I didn't even find the bigger battery a compelling enough reason to upgrade from the 2011 model, it's just not that often I'm so far from my charger for such a long period of time. To me the only real deficiencies are the dual core cpu and the increasingly dated resolution.
sliverstorm 13y ago
I don't know about you, but I find that any time I work for long stints of time, it is always in the same place, so tethering in to a power supply is no big deal. Then consider that half the time I'm mobile, I'm doing something else too, so I just shut the lid and let it sleep...
- MetaCosm 13y ago
  Yeah, me and you live in different worlds. When I am traveling, I am rolling from office to office. Generally plugs are available, but I am sick of lugging stuff around. The ease of only having to leave my hotel room for a 4 item checklist (wallet, keys, phone, laptop) is great. I used to carry a huge Lenovo bag with everything I might need, replacement batteries, powertree to share power in case there were not enough, charger... nothing like making that slim and sexy X1 require 10 additional pounds of gear. Additionally, and worth mentioning, I don't use laptops as desktop replacements (anymore)... they are just a portable computer until I can get back to my "real" computer. I would be a very unhappy guy if I had to work for a month nonstop on any laptop these days.

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Being able to charge my laptop at night, and not worry about getting though the day is incredible. It is game changing, I absolutely wouldn't give up 3 to 4 ho

by MetaCosm 13y ago

benologist 13y ago
I didn't even find the bigger battery a compelling enough reason to upgrade from the 2011 model, it's just not that often I'm so far from my charger for such a long period of time. To me the only real deficiencies are the dual core cpu and the increasingly dated resolution.
sliverstorm 13y ago
I don't know about you, but I find that any time I work for long stints of time, it is always in the same place, so tethering in to a power supply is no big deal. Then consider that half the time I'm mobile, I'm doing something else too, so I just shut the lid and let it sleep...
- MetaCosm 13y ago
  Yeah, me and you live in different worlds. When I am traveling, I am rolling from office to office. Generally plugs are available, but I am sick of lugging stuff around. The ease of only having to leave my hotel room for a 4 item checklist (wallet, keys, phone, laptop) is great. I used to carry a huge Lenovo bag with everything I might need, replacement batteries, powertree to share power in case there were not enough, charger... nothing like making that slim and sexy X1 require 10 additional pounds of gear. Additionally, and worth mentioning, I don't use laptops as desktop replacements (anymore)... they are just a portable computer until I can get back to my "real" computer. I would be a very unhappy guy if I had to work for a month nonstop on any laptop these days.