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First Impressions: Lenovo T14s with Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM64 CPU

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213 points cnst | 3 comments | 15 Nov 24 20:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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wslh ◴[15 Nov 24 21:56 UTC] No.42151625[source]▶
I always ask about battery consumption... Apple seems to be on another galaxy right now. I decided to stop waiting and installed Parallels to run Ubuntu there... I really wish the best for Asahi Linux.
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vid ◴[16 Nov 24 01:53 UTC] No.42153449[source]▶
Do you need to be in that galaxy? I easily get 8h with this $1400 64GB RAM AMD Thinkpad with an OLED screen running unoptimized Ubuntu (yes it looks 90s anonymous). An equivalent notebook for most practical purposes from Apple would be at least 3.5× more expensive.
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1. binkHN ◴[16 Nov 24 04:58 UTC] No.42154417[source]▶
Which ThinkPad is this? The OLED uses a ton of battery life, so either you're not pushing the system very hard or you have a very big battery.
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2. vid ◴[16 Nov 24 05:49 UTC] No.42154625[source]▶
P16s gen 2, with the larger battery. OLED can use less power if you can keep things dark, but I don't put a lot of work into it.
3. bobmcnamara ◴[16 Nov 24 13:55 UTC] No.42156445[source]▶
> The OLED uses a ton of battery life

I'm curious what you mean by that? Just that it's usually a large fraction overall? At least it's apt per pixel instead of blasting LED strips and subtracting the light we don't want with LCDs.