That used to be true in my experience until Win10. But lately I’ve seen lots of people complaining about their laptops just losing all battery with Windows 11 due to constant background tasks. Not to mention that Linux has improved power consumption and suspend/hibernate somewhat since then.
He is right in the sense that windows device drivers tend to be more power efficient & as a result a fresh Windows install lasts a longer time, however if we compared Linux with TLP vs. a 6 month old Windows install, I think the results would be interesting.
Depends on the device. My GPD Win Max 2 can push over eight hours on moderate load and it’s a small x86 netbook. That’s pretty impressive for that architecture.
Most of the heavy lifting comes from the AMD 8840U chip, though. It can go as low as 15W of power draw, officially (unofficially, you can underclock and -volt and push it even lower).
TBF Linux still isn’t that great when it comes to battery life…
That used to be true in my experience until Win10. But lately I’ve seen lots of people complaining about their laptops just losing all battery with Windows 11 due to constant background tasks. Not to mention that Linux has improved power consumption and suspend/hibernate somewhat since then.
Its good here. We binge watch movies all night on our laptop, battery lasts a long time
Huuuuuh? In which universe do you live?
He is right in the sense that windows device drivers tend to be more power efficient & as a result a fresh Windows install lasts a longer time, however if we compared Linux with TLP vs. a 6 month old Windows install, I think the results would be interesting.
Depends on the device. My GPD Win Max 2 can push over eight hours on moderate load and it’s a small x86 netbook. That’s pretty impressive for that architecture.
Most of the heavy lifting comes from the AMD 8840U chip, though. It can go as low as 15W of power draw, officially (unofficially, you can underclock and -volt and push it even lower).