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Re:Press Reviews of the AMD Ryzen 7040 Framework Laptop 13 by mardifoufs on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @01:52AM (#37761301)
Those power figures make no sense, I'm not sure I get it. How could it run for more minutes than the battery size divided by average power draw would imply?
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Re:Press Reviews of the AMD Ryzen 7040 Framework Laptop 13 by potatoalienof13 on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @08:44AM (#37764273)
That is be power draw at the outlet [0]. There is probably loss that occurs when drawing from an outlet that does not occur when drawing from the battery.

[0] https://www.notebookcheck.net/Our-Test-Criteria.15394.0.html

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Re:Press Reviews of the AMD Ryzen 7040 Framework Laptop 13 by xxs on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @02:29PM (#37769540)
There is loss to convert AC/DC, likely low 90s efficiency. Having an in-line DC power meter should be a very simply task, measuring the draw power from the outlet is rather pointless.
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