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The Dell G5 15 is designed to do that and the feature is called hybrid power mode. https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000140513/gaming-laptop-battery-dra
by errantblaze 5y ago
The Dell G5 15 is designed to do that and the feature is called hybrid power mode.
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000140513/gaming-laptop-battery-drains-when-running-heavy-loading-applications-with-adapter-connected https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000140513/gaming-la...
- dcow 5y agoThis one honestly reads more like a “we fucked up let’s call it a feature in an obscure technical amendment”.
- cwizou 5y agoYou'd be surprised, this is how most modern "high end" Intel laptop actually works. Even some Intel Macbook Pro exhibited this. This is 100% an Intel thing.
- errantblaze 5y agoAnother possibility is cost reduction as these are lower-end models. At least some of higher-end models (G7 and Alienware) have 180W and 240W power adapters, instead of the 130W included with this model.