Ask HN: New ThinkPad battery life on Ubuntu

Re:Ask HN: New ThinkPad battery life on Ubuntu by jwells89 on Monday October 16, 2023 @02:46PM (#37904270)

> I’m skeptical that a 10-year-old MacBook is pulling 4-6 hours with the original battery.

It's more possible than one might think assuming usage of Safari with an adblocker installed and few or no electron apps running in the background. MacBook battery life for light usage has been great for a long time; where it fell short prior to the ARM transition was for heavier use cases.

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Re:Ask HN: New ThinkPad battery life on Ubuntu by izacus on Monday October 16, 2023 @02:57PM (#37904471)

They're great, but not magical. 10 year old macbooks never did 10 hours, even when new, much less with degraded battery.

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Re:Ask HN: New ThinkPad battery life on Ubuntu by ta1243 on Monday October 16, 2023 @03:13PM (#37904759)

I don't recall 5 hours from my 2013 tiny macbook air. It certainly doesn't last that long now - maybe an hour.

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Re:Ask HN: New ThinkPad battery life on Ubuntu by somehnguy on Monday October 16, 2023 @03:09PM (#37904670)

4-6 hours, not 10

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Re:Ask HN: New ThinkPad battery life on Ubuntu by izacus on Monday October 16, 2023 @06:15PM (#37907419)

Even that was a stretch I never got in any of them.

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