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Re:M3 CPU cores have become more versatile by rsynnott on Friday January 05, 2024 @05:13PM (#38885714)
How old was the Thinkpad? I used to expect a laptop battery to be borderline useless after 4 years or so, but my 2016 MBP is coming up on 8, and the battery is doing surprisingly okay. It reports 70% capacity, and that feels about right.
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Re:M3 CPU cores have become more versatile by lambdaba on Friday January 05, 2024 @05:18PM (#38885762)
I can't say exactly, but it degraded remarkably quickly. Maybe someone else can chime in with a different experience, but I doubt it would be anywhere near as good as what I read from MacBook users, especially M-series.

I got the ThinkPad brand new, and it was a relatively recent model.

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Re:M3 CPU cores have become more versatile by marmakoide on Friday January 05, 2024 @06:34PM (#38886569)
My Thinkpad 470s battery is close to its death (1h30 autonomy editing text, doing CAD or websurfing), after 5 years of heavy use.
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