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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by hutzlibu on Saturday October 16, 2021 @08:00AM (#28887243)
Most batteries on laptops are worn out by heat. They really do not like heat, but will take lots of it, when placed and used in unfavorable conditions, which most laptops probably are.
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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by 8note on Saturday October 16, 2021 @03:56PM (#28890921)
My laptop only heats up in sleep mode, unfortunately.
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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by godDLL on Saturday October 16, 2021 @11:37AM (#28888587)
Heat mostly matters when charging or discharging rapidly, if wear is concerned. So might be less significant than you'd think.
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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by hutzlibu on Saturday October 16, 2021 @12:30PM (#28888999)
Well, I have a gaming laptop I bought quite new, but second hand, that was almost never used without cabel (I saw the formerly setup) - and the batterie was allmost dead and blown up in size after some months of use. But since it is a gaming laptop - it generated massive amounts of heat under load. I bought a new battery and took care of the heat: and it is still quite good, after roughly the same time and amount of use and I do charge till 100%.
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Re:Ask HN: What does one look for in a laptop these days? by godDLL on Sunday October 17, 2021 @04:17AM (#28894832)
Throttling of CPU and GPU should surely account for 90% of what you describe, coupled with an old, uncycled battery that can't move ions no more.
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