DAE think reviewers overhype battery life on laptops?

I keep seeing 'all-day battery' claims for new laptops, but my own test with a popular 14-inch model in Chicago only got 5 hours of real use, not the 12 hours promised, so are we just accepting marketing over real-world testing?

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charles_price3mo ago

Totally feel you on that! I started checking YouTube for real world battery tests before buying anything now. Those lab results never match my actual use either.

the_hannah20d ago

Preach, Charles! @james995 you're totally right about those test settings being a joke. I bought a "15 hour" laptop once and it barely made it through two long meetings with Teams running, like not even close. YouTube reviewers are the only ones I trust anymore because they actually use the apps we all use, you know?

james9953mo ago

Ugh, tell me about it. My last laptop claimed 10 hours and died in three just running a browser and some docs. The test settings they use are a total joke, like minimum brightness and just playing a local video on loop. Real work murders battery life, and they just never admit it.