‘Low End’ Means Good Enough

Re:‘Low End’ Means Good Enough by KozmoNau7 on Monday June 12, 2017 @04:59AM (#14535924)

I'm on a 2011 Thinkpad T420, which is similarly still more than powerful enough for everyday use. 320GB traditional HDD, 4GB RAM, still gets 5-6 hours of battery life. Built like the proverbial masonry outhouse.

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Re:‘Low End’ Means Good Enough by neukoelln on Monday June 12, 2017 @05:40AM (#14536050)

Wow, I'm on my second battery for my T430s and about to replace it soon. Battery life is < 1 hour, even with a new one I usually wouldn't get more than three hours. :-(

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Re:‘Low End’ Means Good Enough by AnonymousPlanet on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:25AM (#14536375)

I'm on a T430s too and battery life is still quite good after nearly four years on the first one (I foolishly had it plugged in most of the time which has brought the capacity down to about 80%). I gave it an additional battery in the Ultra Bay that extends overall battery life to over nearly 5 hours of light use under Linux.

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Re:‘Low End’ Means Good Enough by KozmoNau7 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:03AM (#14544731)

Well, I bought it refurbed about a year ago, it's very likely they replaced the battery at some point.

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