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Re:Why the M2 is more advanced that it seemed by DeathArrow on Monday January 15, 2024 @05:23AM (#38999227)
Before buying a MacBook Pro 13", I've seen lots of reviews on notebookcheck. I bought my MacBook used and it really gives me 20 hours of battery life like in their test.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-MacBook-Pro-13-2020-Lapt...

If that Zenbook lasts for 18 hours, it is a good contender. I don't care for having the fastest CPU, just a decent one and plenty of battery life.

Re:Why the M2 is more advanced that it seemed by jeroenhd on Monday January 15, 2024 @05:37AM (#38999307)
Every website tests different settings. There's a certain standard for brightness, the websites browsed, the software used, and so on. You can't compare battery tests unless all the test parameters are the same.

For instance, Tweakers uses a screen brightness of 180 cd/m² while testing, whereas NotebookCheck uses 150 cd/m². That alone should account for a sizeable difference in test results. I find it hard to tell what 30 cd/m² means in practice.