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Laptop with long runtime (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking to buy a new laptop. I recently switched to Linux (Fedora) and would like to stay with it (Not necessarily Fedora though).

My most important requirement is that it has a great runtime. I honestly don't want to deal with under-volting or anything like that. A "runs out of the box" approach would be best.

13-14", no dGPU, AMD/Intel.

edit: I realized that great runtime is very different for everyone. I wouldn't consider 5-7 hours great. More like absolute minimum is 8. Better is 10-12. This sounds very unlikely though, apart from MacBooks with ARM CPU. Any recommendations?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://system76.com/laptops/lemur

14 hours of battery life. Linux out of the box and even has coreboot if you care about that sort of thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Does anyone have one of these that could confirm if that’s realistic? I’ve seen many laptops with similar specs and claims that come out to significantly lower battery life unless you do nothing but stare at an empty desktop.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wired has a good review on it:

Where the Lemur Pro really shines is battery life. System76 claims 14 hours, and I managed 11 hours in our battery drain test (looping a 1080p video). In real-world use, I frequently eked out over 13 hours. That’s off the charts better than any other Linux laptop I’ve tested recently.

https://www.wired.com/review/system-76-lemur-pro-laptop/

If you aren't interested in MacBooks, this imo is one of the best alternatives--especially if battery life is a high priority.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah… unless they’re doing some serious optimization for that particular laptop, 14-hours seems like a best-case-scenario kind of thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

The optimization might just be the rather large battery. Usually laptops with U-series processors have 40-60Eh batteries, the spec sheet shows a 73Wh battery in there.