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3.5 hours of battery? For a laptop in 2012? Seriously?

by peteysd 14y ago

cryptoz 14y ago
I agree with the sentiment, but I've never used a laptop that had more than 2 hours advertised battery life (so, 1 hour in practice). My most recent purchase is a 2010 System76, so I'm quite out of touch, I know. I dream of having 3 hours+ of battery life on a laptop. That far, far more than I'm used to. Though, when tablets can do 10-20 hours, why is this stuck at 3? I agree, that does seem measly.
- icefox 14y ago
  Installing flash block is often times the #1 way to improve your battery life.
  - cryptoz 14y ago
    I don't have Flash installed, so Flash block isn't going to do much. Thanks though! :)
    - aristidb 14y ago
      Even in 2010, 1 hour is not acceptable, but a reasonable number to expect from a high-end, lightweight 2012 laptop would be around 7 hours (using Linux).
- mamcx 14y ago
  Have not tried a mac? My old macbook have 3+ hours on it on battery... The new ones are more impressive: http://www.apple.com/macbookair/features.html#battery http://www.apple.com/macbookair/features.html#battery http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/features-retina/#battery http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/features-retina/#battery
aristidb 14y ago
For a laptop that costs $199, yes.
UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
And a Chromebook of all things. It isn't like this is a real operating system. For all the stuff you're giving up by having a Chromebook you'd think that it would at least be power competitive.
- icefox 14y ago
  Users would probably compare it to tablets, the Kindle Fire gets 9 hours, ipad mini gets 10...
- cryptoz 14y ago
  > It isn't like this is a real operating system [citation needed]. How is Chrome OS not a "real operating system"?
  - UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
    It isn't "general purpose."
    - cryptoz 14y ago
      Sure it is. What makes it not general purpose? You can write and execute programs on it. How much more general purpose can you get?
      - UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
        You can? From all the reviews I've read it runs web-"apps" things. I've never read that it can run software developed for the platform specifically.
        BHSPitMonkey 14y ago
        You can run Native Client code on it, just as you can in Chrome the Browser. https://developers.google.com/native-client/ https://developers.google.com/native-client/

3.5 hours of battery? For a laptop in 2012? Seriously?

by peteysd 14y ago

3.5 hours of battery? For a laptop in 2012? Seriously?

I agree with the sentiment, but I've never used a laptop that had more than 2 hours advertised battery life (so, 1 hour in practice). My most recent purchase is a 2010 System76, so I'm quite out of touch, I know. I dream of having 3 hours+ of battery life on a laptop. That far, far more than I'm used to. Though, when tablets can do 10-20 hours, why is this stuck at 3? I agree, that does seem measly.

icefox 14y ago
Installing flash block is often times the #1 way to improve your battery life.
- cryptoz 14y ago
  I don't have Flash installed, so Flash block isn't going to do much. Thanks though! :)
  - aristidb 14y ago
    Even in 2010, 1 hour is not acceptable, but a reasonable number to expect from a high-end, lightweight 2012 laptop would be around 7 hours (using Linux).
mamcx 14y ago
Have not tried a mac? My old macbook have 3+ hours on it on battery... The new ones are more impressive: http://www.apple.com/macbookair/features.html#battery http://www.apple.com/macbookair/features.html#battery http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/features-retina/#battery http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/features-retina/#battery

aristidb 14y ago

For a laptop that costs $199, yes.

UnoriginalGuy 14y ago

And a Chromebook of all things. It isn't like this is a real operating system. For all the stuff you're giving up by having a Chromebook you'd think that it would at least be power competitive.

icefox 14y ago
Users would probably compare it to tablets, the Kindle Fire gets 9 hours, ipad mini gets 10...
cryptoz 14y ago
> It isn't like this is a real operating system [citation needed]. How is Chrome OS not a "real operating system"?
- UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
  It isn't "general purpose."
  - cryptoz 14y ago
    Sure it is. What makes it not general purpose? You can write and execute programs on it. How much more general purpose can you get?
    - UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
      You can? From all the reviews I've read it runs web-"apps" things. I've never read that it can run software developed for the platform specifically.
      - BHSPitMonkey 14y ago
        You can run Native Client code on it, just as you can in Chrome the Browser. https://developers.google.com/native-client/ https://developers.google.com/native-client/