View from the Labs

Seeing is believing, and in this case Kevin saw – for the first time – truly all-day battery life

Until testing the 11 laptops in this Labs, my own notebook’s lacklustre battery life often made me wonder if working far from a mains was actually a myth spread by evil technology journalists. In the pocket of AMD, Apple and Intel, they would spread this illusion of devices that kept on going, hoping to lure innocent buyers into buying their shiny new machines. But it turns out that my own laptop is just a terrible example. In exactly 50% of my testing, the laptops kept running for over half a day, despite being asked to carry out automated tasks. Yes, it made those tests last somewhat longer than I expected, but it’s such a positive for users. It shows what can be delivered by some devices when opting for modern, power-efficient…

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PC Pro (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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