Best Business Laptops with Long Battery Life

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Hi All

In the market for a business laptop, I've got a Dell at the moment which honestly wasnt the greatest for build quality / longevity.

I'm mainly after a good to bad list of laptop brands for business, I'd like it to be fairly beefy with a GPU but nothing extreme.

Form cause the rules said I need to:

Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US: NZD around 2k to 3k

Are you open to refurbs/used? No
How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life? Quality and performance, then battery life. Doesnt need to be super portable etc, I mainly work at a desk and then on the go a couple of days each month.
How important is weight and thinness to you? Not important, I wont be carrying it enough for weight to matter.
Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A Screen size doesnt matter, when at my desk it will be pluged into two monitors anyway.
Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Light video/photo/gaming - Sometimes Ill play a game on the road like League or whatever game I'm currently playing. Not expecting the world here though, I mainly play strategy games etc as I'd not really want to play high graphic FPS etc on a laptop anyway. But diff League of legends.
If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want? Mainly league of legends, and then random strategy games usually.
Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? No special requirements, standard issue laptop really, when I'm at my desk I have keyboard/mouse/monitors etc. Needs to be able to take at least two monitors however. Needs to be able to go on company domain etc.
Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

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Educational-Gas-4989 · 10 days ago

something with lunar lake and at least 32gb of ram so the 258v would be ideal or a m4 macbook if you are wiling to deal the compatability stuff for games

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I want a good battery life windows laptop for work

Posted by Funny-Yam2319 · in r/SuggestALaptop · 2 years ago

I work as a freelancer data analyst and I do travel a lot, battery life and decent screen resolution is very important for me, at least 16:10 aspect ratio with thin bezels.
I got this problem that I like Apple's hardware, top quality build on MacBooks and great optimization so everything is smooth and fast on MacOS, but compared to windows Apple's ecosystem sucks big time, there is a loads of great products that ain't available on MacOS, Excel sucks on MacOS, Power BI is not available, etc, etc... I use lot of SQL and Power BI, so that's why I think I need a windows laptop.
I know lot of MacOS users using parallels to get Power BI and other MS applications running, my friend is doing that on his m2 Pro and I don't like it as it makes Mac quite slow and laggy and not a comfortable way to work IMO when you have 2 separate operating system installed for one job...

Anyone has any suggestions about good windows laptops? Price is not a problem.

Roughly 15~ inch screen
16:10 or 3:2 aspect ratio
I want as good battery life as I can get from windows laptop
16 RAM or more
I don't want my laptop to overheat
I hate laptops with huge bezels
Integrated graphics card.

I am open to suggestions.
I am asking this because I have searched a lot and watched tons of videos on Youtube but most of them are just ads and they never say truth when it comes to battery life and other things.

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MinimumNinja5473 · 1 year ago

Ok so in my opinion, LG Gram 16" latest gen is the most reasonable choice for you, at an average it can last around 13+ hours according to laptopmag.com review, but also because it makes the most sense in terms of hardware requirement.

Basically, in order for a laptop to have a long battery, it needs to have the right CPU. While this has an i7 CPU, I am sure you would be aware they are not all created equal. Each generation has several different models differentiated mainly by how much power they consume (more wattage consumption = higher performance but lower battery life).

This particular laptop has the Core i7 1360P, which is a 'P' series CPU. This is considered a lower wattage variant but it isn't at the bottom rung of the hierarchy.

Here is the hierarchy in brief

'U' series - most battery life - weakest performance
'P' series - good battery life - good performance
'H' series - bad battery life - great performance
HX series - worst battery life - best performance

So given the work you suggested and the requirement for battery life, LG Gram 16" seems to be the best option. And it is also quite thin and lightweight making it essentially a 16" ultrabook.

Other than that, it has 16 GB DDR5, an amazing screen that covers 99% of the DCI-P3 gamut. 1 TB NVME SSD. NO dedicated GPU though, that shouldn't matter much because you are not gamer.

Plus you can find other variants that offer more storage or RAM etc.

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Top-Duck434 · 1 year ago

I got a ThinkPad X1N and the thing is awesome. Lightweight, super comfortable to type on, is built really well, and has more than enough performance for what I need to do. Has excellent battery life, too.

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Exotic-Effect · 1 year ago

As an ex-freelance data scientist...

I REALLY think you should look for Older MacBooks.

The battery life is awesome, and since your job is probably going to take a lot of coding and integration with software teams, UNIX systems have proven to be easier for that.

Maybe stay away from M1/M2 for a bit - but I really think you should maybe reevaluate the windows only position.

I've recently really liked Ebay's official refurbished store, buying two different Macs from there since 2014.

they all come with a 2 year warranty which always takes away the buying second hand stress: https://www.ebay.com/certified-refurbished

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FlakyPain2 · 1 year ago

I've been using a Lenovo laptop and its battery life is incredible. It easily lasts all day, even with heavy use, which is perfect for long workdays or travel. The performance is solid too, handling everything I need without any lag. If long battery life is a priority, Lenovo is definitely the way to go.

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Anybody tested real-life battery life? Primarily looking at this for office productivity for 4-5 years.

Posted by Piano_Freeze · in r/YogaPro9i · 2 months ago

Won't be too far from an outlet, but I want to be able to do office productivity (primarily browser + word + screensharing) without being plugged in all the time. Best case I need it to last 8 hours. Is this realistic on either version (2.8k non-touch or 3.2 Tandem OLED touch)?

If you have any personal experience your input would be much appreciated.

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shrekinasandwhich · 2 months ago

I don't know about the new generation, but gen 9 has pretty bad battery life. With mixed productivity use as you described, I typically only get 3 hours of battery life, 3.5 at most. The new generation has the same battery size, might be a tiny bit more efficient, but I don't know. 8 hours of use is not realistic at all either way. Mine can barely idle for 5-6 hours with nothing open, everything on most efficient setting.

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Legal_Weird_5756 · 2 months ago

I'm getting 8-10 hours on battery daily, due to changing the processor power management options, using 60hz, and the balanced power mode. check the threads below for more info.

https://www.reddit.com/r/YogaPro9i/s/Lk6OkfL2uQ

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Good_Honest_Jay · 2 months ago

Do you notice the fans being overly active and loud? The Gen9 was terrible about the fan noise.. the issue was mostly the fans would go full speed even if the CPU and GPU temps were like 70c or lower. Hopefully they corrected the fan tables to keep them from being so hyper active.

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Searching_wanderer · 2 months ago

I don't know about the 2.8k non-touch, but the battery life is pretty bad on the OLED. Max I've gotten with all the tweaks and hacks many others have suggested is 4 hours, maybe. On average I get between 2-3 hours.

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Piano_Freeze · OP · 2 months ago

Thanks for your input. Is that with the updated Arrow-Lake H series CPU?

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metal_citadel · 2 months ago

I have both versions --- I just received the 3.2K Tandem OLED version. So far, it seems Lenovo has improved the battery life substantially in the the Aura edition --- I was watching a youtube video, and at 90%, it showed 7 hours of runtime --- the estimate I haven't seen in the previous version. Hardware Canucks also found that the battery life has improved substantially.

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Piano_Freeze · OP · 2 months ago

Thanks for the information - so according to your data I would assume video playback is sitting at 7-8 hours? If it's not too much bother, could I ask you to do a productivity test on the Tandem OLED model for an hour and see how much that drains it? If only because for my use case, video playback on battery is not a hugely useful metric as I think Intel has optimised for that specific situation with their encoder, so I often see vastly different numbers for video vs productivity use. I also don't mind changing it to a lower power mode as long as it remains useable (bearing in mind I come from a 6-year old, 8GB Surface Pro that gives me keyboard lag in Word) although I hate to turn down to 60hz if I can avoid it.

If you could run a test under these conditions: Word + browser + screensharing (e.g. on discord or GMeet etc.) under a lower performance mode and tell me how much the battery runs down - this would be hugely appreciated.

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Gandhi_man · 2 months ago

bumping this, a short productivity battery test with the power saving options from the threads previously mentioned would be amazing, plus might be able to get you more hours of battery life which is always a good thing. The threads for reference:
https://www.reddit.com/r/YogaPro9i/s/4mbGExAJuN

https://www.reddit.com/r/YogaPro9i/s/Lk6OkfL2uQ

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metal_citadel · 2 months ago

Hi I haven't been able to do any testing, but yesterday I did a zoom call on the balanced mode, and it looked like it was draining about 20+% per hour, looked like I could go 4-5 hours on full charge.

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Good_Honest_Jay · 2 months ago

Is the fan noise less hyper active on the Gen10? They would go full tilt on Gen9 even if the CPU/GPU temps were well under 75c during gaming.

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metal_citadel · 2 months ago

So I never thought Gen9's fan noise was loud in gaming, I actually found it to be surprisingly not loud, but maybe it was because I was only using the adaptive mode, never the performance mode.

For Gen10, in the adaptive mode, noise is perfectly reasonable. In fact, it seems like Lenovo was able to feed more power to the GPU in the adaptive mode in Gen 10 than Gen 9, while having a lower noise.

In everyday use, I do feel the laptop is cooler and quieter, I think it is due to the new Intel chip.

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Hot_Performance2110 · 1 month ago

im using the 2.8k version and the Standby Power with 120hz and max brightness is 10 watt，with some light load like chrome and vscode is 15 watt ，so i think it can last 6 hours ，8 hours is possible if you use some optimise like 60hz, low brightness ,Using only the iGPU or just bring a power bank

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r/SuggestALaptop • [4]

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Looking for lightweight business/school laptop with great battery life (US, <$2500)

Posted by xxHyperion16 · in r/SuggestALaptop · 5 years ago

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Like the title says, I’m looking for a lightweight business/school laptop with good battery life (I forget my charger often). Mostly going to be used for work (excel, lots of tabs, the works).

Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

Budget is flexible if they have payment plan options but, aiming for $1500-$2500 USD before taxes and all that.

Are you open to refurbs/used?

I prefer new, but open to refurbs if verified “like new”.

How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

Form Factor
Battery Life / Performance
Build Quality

How important is weight and thinness to you?

Very important! Need to be able to carry it around with ease, but not looking for the thinnest laptop in the world.

Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

14”-15”

Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

Light video editing occasionally, but this is not a priority.

Program: Adobe Premiere

If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

Nothing special here. Having light gaming capabilities would be a plus but would rather focus on the business work (excel, multiple tabs, etc).

Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

Good keyboard, good input devices, and reliable build quality would be aces.

I’ve had a touch screen before and barely used it, so it would be a plus but not necessary.

Having a finger-print reader would be cool, but I’m also used to just logging in with a pin code, so also a plus, but not necessary.

Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

I currently have (had?; RIP to the charger and the battery) a Razer Blade - QHD+ (1TB) from early 2017 but I’m looking for a more portable one that is less gaming focused. I enjoy the RGB Razer does but definitely not necessary.

Currently looking at the HP Spectre X360 and the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon. I really like how they look overall and seem like good options but I just don’t know enough about laptops to be able to compare them mentally (I’ve only got the mobile since my laptop battery and charger are dead).

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LonerIM2 · 5 years ago

Out of those options, I would recommend this Lenovo thinkpad X1 Carbon because ThinkPads are known for their great battery life, amazing build quality and very good keyboards, and it comes with i7 quad core CPU which is one of the best in your budget and great for your usage, 16GB of RAM for smooth multitasking, Good SSD storage of 512GB for faster boot up and loading, 14 inch Full HD IPS screen which is a must have for this price range, and high build quality.

Make sure to check out This Laptop Buying Guide post for best laptops

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xxHyperion16 · OP · 5 years ago

Thank you! From what I’ve read about others and such I think I agree with you and will go with this option. I believe it meets all my criteria and fits best within my price point/date of need.

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LonerIM2 · 5 years ago

Great, let me know if I can help you with anything else.

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legos45 · 5 years ago

Hi, I'm sure we can find a laptop that is decently well built and reliable. I recommend the Lenovo ThinkPad P53s. This $1,299 configuration comes with a 4-core i7 processor, 16 GB RAM, and a 256 GB SSD, which is a good combination for general use tasks as well as light gaming. The weight is around 3.9lbs and battery life is around 8 hours for light use.

If you want something more powerful, the MSI Prestige 15 is an alternative.

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xxHyperion16 · OP · 5 years ago

Thank you for the insight. I’ll look into them.

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legos45 · 5 years ago

My pleasure, let me know if you have any questions.

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xxHyperion16 · OP · 5 years ago

Out of all the options, I do believe I will be going with the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon.

I appreciate all the suggestions and resources!

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starchaserro · 5 years ago

Hey,

I'd recommend taking a look at business-grade laptops, these are very reliable and are built to do the heavy lifting.

Here are some options with a great battery life that won't break your back (very light): search results.

You can see and change the search parameters using the "Refine results" button in the upper-left part of the search results page. You can also click on the laptops for more information.

Since light gaming could be a plus, I'd give this one a chance: Lenovo Thinkpad T495 - it has a Ryzen processor, Vega integrated graphics, 400 Nits display, PCIe SSD, 1 memory slot socketed and 1 soldered, over 9H battery life, a very good peripheral port selection: 2 X USB-C 3.1, 1 X USB 3.1, 1 X LAN, MicroSD card reader, Backlit Chiclet keyboard, Spill-resistant, USB-C charging and it can be configured with a Fingerprint reader.

Or, if you want a little bit more power, the MSI Prestige 15 A10 could be another alternative. Six-core 15W processor, 4 GB graphics card, display with good color coverage, over 9H battery life, and a very good peripheral port selection: 2 X USB 3.1, 2 X USB-C 3.1, MicroSD card reader, Thunderbolt.

Hope I helped!

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xxHyperion16 · OP · 5 years ago

Thanks! I’ll take a look. I appreciate the suggestions.

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r/laptops • [5]

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Help deciding

Posted by floresusiel · in r/laptops · 5 months ago

Looking to buy a laptop with long battery life and decent storage i see my nearest bestbuy has these that seem to match what i need which one would be good for office work such as multitasking, office apps, and internet browsing.

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Turbo112005 · 5 months ago

Do you want windows operating system or mac?

The mac book will has engineering and prob in general great battery life.

The lenovo has a 155u that operates on 15watts. I have a simulator system in the idea pad that lasts around 6 to 8 hours of real-life use. Word, excell power point and internet use tho my screen has to be bright. So if you lower the brightness it'll last longer

I wouldn't buy the HP prob just a person choice and there's better options at this price.

If it's just to check emails watch videos, type etc get the mac as it will last longer. But if you want and or prefer windows do the lenovo. This is just my opinion tho and I will admit I don't do apple products as I prefer windows myself.

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Are there any light laptop with realistic battery runtime of entire workday (8 hours)?

Posted by AlexKazumi · in r/AMDLaptops · 1 year ago

I am typing this on a Lenovo 14ARB7, which has marketing runtimes of 9-14 hours. In reality, the battery lasts few minutes above the 4th hour mark. And the laptop is few months old, which means that in an year, it would probably last 3 hours. It's unbelievable how much a fairytale the advertised runtimes actually are.

I am not doing much - typical office work (creating and editing documents, occasional presentation, watching YouTube).

So, I am looking for the following:

modern AMD laptop (7x40 series processor),
weighting less than 1.4kg
at least one USB-A port is desirable
and USB4 is a must (I am using a Thunderbolt dock station)
being sold or importable in Europe
with realistic runtimes of at least 6 hours. This way, I could charge it during the lunch break
size - 12 - 14", preferably bigger (my eyes are getting older)

Is there such a beast?

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https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T14s-G4-review-Business-laptop-is-better-with-AMD-Zen4.763581.0.html

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MoChuang · 1 year ago

Do you have the OLED model? That laptop should be getting way better battery life than 4 hours for basic office and web work...

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AlexKazumi · OP · 1 year ago

Yes, the 2.8K OLED panel. Which not only suck power, but is also unusable outside (I tried few times).

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randomfoo2 · 1 year ago

One thing to keep in mind is that Notebookcheck also reviewed a 14ARB7 (w/ the 2.8K OLED) and got the following battery life:

H.264: 12.7h

WiFi: 9.7h

I'd suspect if if you went w/ a T14s with a lower power 60Hz LCD display you'd hit your battery life goals, but it might be worth checking on your CPU/background tasks to see if there's something else killing your battery life (in Windows you can use `powercfg /batteryreport` and `powercfg /energy` to get some reports).

If you find yourself often using a lot of power for some reason, then I would consider looking at the Schenker Vision 14 - while it doesn't benchmark much better on the wifi battery testing than the T14s, it has a 99Wh battery (while still weighing in at the same 1.3kg) vs the T14's 57Wh.

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cyclopscoder · 1 year ago

Lenovo T14s G4 AMD Zen4 has USB4 and the battery life you are looking for.

13h 13m - WiFi Websurfing (Edge 118)

9h 52m - WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness (Edge 118)

16h 28m - Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p

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1995FOREVER · 1 year ago

just keep in mind those numbers are best case scenarios, it will still manage 8hours but probably closer to 8 than to 13

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cyclopscoder · 1 year ago

Notebookcheck.net has also recently reviewed the Lenovo Slim 7 Gen 8 laptop. I have that laptop since September and I get roughly the same numbers as in their review. So I have no reason to doubt the above numbers.

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doezelx · 1 year ago

Can confirm; t14s gen 4 amd with the low power 400nits screen, can work on it a complete day with visual studio and docker desktop and some teams calls.

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[deleted] · 1 year ago

Not sure if it has USB4 but my Yoga Pro 7 (14ARP8) gives me about 8 hours of standard productivity work and browsing. Not sure if the dock will drain some of that, but definitely will give you a work day of over 6.

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[deleted] · 1 year ago

How is idle/browsing fan noise?

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DayDreamerNO1 · 1 year ago

All the windows laptop including 7840u can’t even compete with my m1pro, which is like a phone battery life.

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02nz · 1 year ago

My ThinkPad Z13 (Gen 1 with Ryzen 6000; Gen 2 coming out soon) gets around 9 hours of normal use. The battery is just 51.5 Whr, and it's the best battery life I've seen in a laptop that doesn't have a much larger battery (65+ Whr).

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AlexKazumi · OP · 1 year ago

Z13 was the model with only USB-C ports, right? While I can live with that, I still preferat least one A port.

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Need a laptop with the absolute best battery life

Posted by LightningBlade77 · in r/SuggestALaptop · 5 years ago

I have had so many issues with previous laptops that either had terrible battery life or had a huge amount of battery degradation causing the battery life to suffer. I'm am based in the U.S

Requirements

I want something that is between 13-15 inches and under 3.5 pounds

I really just want the best battery life I can get.

My budget is around $1500.

I would prefer if you can give me a list so I can do more research myself. I have already researched but websites show differing results.

Thanks.

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cesarmac · 5 years ago

The surface books under balanced mode have had pretty amazing battery life. Some reviewers have clocked them at nearly 15 hours.

The LG Gram also has had pretty good battery under battery saving options.

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starchaserro · 5 years ago

Hey,

Since you prefer to do the research yourself, maybe our search engine can come in handy.

You can see and change the search parameters using the "Refine results" button in the upper-left part of the search results page. You can also click on the laptops for more information.

All my results are under 3.5 lbs, have a quad-core processor, over 10H battery life, LED IPS display, SSD, and at least 8 GB RAM.

Hope I helped!

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LightningBlade77 · OP · 5 years ago

Thanks I'll check it out.

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legos45 · 5 years ago

Hi, I'm sure that we can find you a thin and light laptop that gets a great battery life. I recommend the LG Gram 13. It comes with a 4-core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, a 256 GB SSD, and a 1080p 13.3" display. It has a massive 72Wh battery that can provide 10+ hours of battery life for light use. The weight is only 2.1lbs.

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[deleted] · 5 years ago

People get 10 hours or so when optimizing the Zephyrus g14 and its around $1400. If you want power in 14” size that’s prob your best bet. If not and every hour counts, something like the surface laptops like u/cesarmac brought up is a good option.

In general, amd laptops are very power efficient so try looking into them and see if you find anything that you like.

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LonerIM2 · 5 years ago

If you can handle 3.9lbs, then I would recommend this Lenovo thinkpad P53s because ThinkPads are known for their great battery life like you want, amazing build quality and very good keyboards, and it comes with i7 quad core CPU which is one of the best in your budget and great for your usage, 16GB of RAM for smooth multitasking, Good SSD storage of 512GB for faster boot up and loading, 15.6 inch Full HD IPS screen which is a must have for this price range, thunderbolt port, and high build quality.

Due to the Virus a lot of laptops are being overpriced so make sure to check this list of overpriced laptops before you buy any laptop at the moment.

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r/laptops • [8]

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Suggestions for long battery life laptop.

Posted by bazarishe · in r/laptops · 4 years ago

I need some suggestions. I’m trying to replace my chrome book with windows laptop. I want long battery life, no heating and light weight. I mainly do web browsing, ms office work and running some light apps. Any suggestions are welcome

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GisFish · 4 years ago

Dell XPS 13 kinda expensive but overall quite happy with it

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Kav19 · 4 years ago

my xps 15 lasts a good 5-7 hours but i need to keep the battery slider at 3 quarters. still pretty happy.

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GisFish · 4 years ago

My XPS 13 easily lasts all day not sure but i think that the 15 inch jas dedicated graphics which reduces battery life. Just don't go for 4k option since you don't really see a difference on such a small screen and it reduces battery life allot.

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bazarishe · OP · 4 years ago

Does it heat up on your laps ? I have Precision 5520 for work which is pretty much same as XPS 16 . It's kind of heavy, heats up like crazy and battery doesn't last a few hours but yes it's very fast and powerful.

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GisFish · 4 years ago

Mine heats up a little bit not that it is annoying when on my lap. but I have an i7 10th gen so that's normaal ig. Its verry lightweight however only 1,2kg

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HL-itsjustme · 4 years ago

The Asus Zenbook series would be a good option. It's light and definitely good for work.

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SpicyRice99 · 4 years ago

This. At 700$ base they are a great value.

Hp Envy had good reviews too.

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Syllosimo · 4 years ago

Only laptop I've seen to live long enough is some old Lenovo Thinkpad, no idea how are their newer models. Forget about macs, surfaces, cheap gaming latops etc. Get business laptop with 16gb ram (though you can easily upgrade it if you get less) and at least 4 core cpu.

Here is a quote from "Suggest a laptop" community

Strictly speaking, business laptops are limited to ThinkPads from Lenovo, Latitudes and Precisions from Dell, Pro/Elite and ZBooks from HP, LifeBooks from Fujitsu, and Tecras from Toshiba. These units are typically suited for general office/schoolwork, media consumption, programming, and design work (but not rendering). Do NOT buy a business system for gaming, or heavy rendering work. With a business laptop, you end up paying for build quality, and warranty services; having these units run for a decade is not uncommon. Further, business laptops are easy to self-service, and spare parts are readily available. However, the performance per dollar for business laptops is usually low (particularly true for business workstations).

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bazarishe · OP · 4 years ago

I have precision 5520 for engineering work, it’s super heavy, battery doesn’t last an hour and heats that you can cook a steak on it. However it’s really powerful and fast I agree

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Syllosimo · 4 years ago

That's rather thin workstation laptop so I wouldn't have expected anything less. For light use I would check something like ThinkPad T15 Or ThinkPad E15 gen 2 with Ryzen Processor

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manhducdm · 4 years ago

A surface laptop could be nice. Just go check on the microsoft website wich configuration you need. Also the cheaper Surface laptop go is coming at the end of the month if you want to wait a little bit.

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manhducdm · 4 years ago

Isn't it a little too overkill tho? I mean it's amazing but the price man ...

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r/SuggestALaptop • [9]

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what are the laptops with the longest hour battery lifes?

Posted by gal637 · in r/SuggestALaptop · 2 years ago

what are the laptops with the longest hour battery lifes?(only knowen companies such as hp, asus, dell, etc..)(windows operating system)(14 inch display and up)

i am a programer and i find myself on the go alot so there is that.

Edit: I ended up buying Lenovo Yoga 7 16IAH7 Its battery life drastically goes down if you up the screen brightness (about 1+ h at max and 4+ h on mid) But it has great features to reserve the battery life span. Also, its pretty heavy so watch out (and I don't really care so much about weight.

Apart from that it's perfect, highly recommend it for anyone looking for a work, study, home and even travel (as its adaper is pretty small and you can charge it with a powerful bank on the go, but again, it's heavy) if you can afford it afcorse.

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[deleted] · 2 years ago

I have the Zenbook s13 with ryzen 7 6800u and has 8 hours of battery life at 80% charge and 75% brightness

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doubleboufle · 2 years ago

Is it the Oled one? Is it really that good? I'm thinking of buying Ty

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[deleted] · 2 years ago

Yes. If you need a TV, get a TV lol

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icelandic_drunkard · 2 years ago

Buy anything rated for like 12 hours and switch to Linux. Instant battery life improvement.

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gal637 · OP · 2 years ago

i need windows for the cmd and shit...
why there in no list of the best battary life laptops...

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MoChuang · 2 years ago

LG Gram laptops have huge batteries.

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gal637 · OP · 2 years ago

ty for replaying (sadly they dont sell those where i live)

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easymachtdas · 2 years ago

I’ve heard great things about the new apple laptops with the m series cpus regarding batterylife

Edit — didn’t read the whole thing, leaving this up. Commence the shaming.

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gal637 · OP · 2 years ago

all good bro, atlist you tried to help.

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FrequentWay · 2 years ago

Honestly the best battery life is going to be an AMD U class CPU on a platform that has a 99Whr battery since we are talking Windows based OS otherwise its MBAs via Macs.

Personally I would just get a laptop with the productivitiy throughput to run everything I need and use USB-C PD powerbanks to keep it charged up on flights and on the go.

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gal637 · OP · 2 years ago

sorry for my ignorance but why AMD CPU and not intel CPU?

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Wa1fu · 2 years ago

Amd cpus generally are far less power hungry and more efficient than their intel counterparts, with the tradeoff being intel cpus offer higher performance.

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Business Owners: What Laptop Brand Powers Your Hustle? What’s Been Your Experience?

Posted by Correct_Research_227 · in r/SaaS · 1 month ago

Hey fellow business owners and entrepreneurs, what's your go-to laptop brand for running your business?

I’m diving deep into the tech choices that drive productivity and success in the workplace and I want to hear from you! Whether you swear by reliability, sleek design, performance or just what your IT team insists on, share your pick and why you chose it.

Is it MacBook’s seamless ecosystem? Dell’s rugged business lineup ? Lenovo's legendary keyboards? Or maybe something else entirely ?

- Does your laptop keep up with your busiest days ?

- Ever had a tech fail that made you switch brands ?

- What features do you wish your business laptop had ?

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indiemarchfilm · 1 month ago

I’m on a 2020 Acer Predator i7 - as a video producer it has been great for editing on site/to go and still does heavy lifting when building with replit.

Although battery is starting to go and prob getting a little bloaty.

Planning to get a new laptop in a year or so

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Correct_Research_227 · OP · 1 month ago

Sounds like your Predator served you well!

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indiemarchfilm · 1 month ago

Yes! Its literally been all over the world with me 😅

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tropicana_cookies · 1 month ago

ThinkPad.

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Correct_Research_227 · OP · 1 month ago

ThinkPad gang here too solid choice if you want power and reliability without breaking the bank. Still unmatched for dev work and durability 💪💻

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Platanoybatata · 1 month ago

From Linux to macOs nowadays:

MBPro 16in - 48GB MBAir 15in - 24GB

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Acrobatic_Chart_611 · 1 month ago

Well, I'm using two desktops, two customized desktops, and one MacBook Air M4. That's for compiling, you know, mobile app, iOS. Yes, the customized one, they have 64 GB of RAM, you know, powerful CPU, and a hard disk that writes 7, I think it was 7 GB per second. I've got two of those desktops, one for researching, and one for cursor and cloud code. Yes, I don't just stick to just one laptop, you know, because you need power for a lot of things. You know, VSC with Claude Code or Cursor with CC their resource intensive. Go up to, you know, go for a big RAM, and things like that. so those are the things that I use.

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Correct_Research_227 · OP · 1 month ago

Damn, that’s a serious setup respect. 🔥 Running VSC with Claude or Cursor definitely needs that kind of horsepower. Love that you've got dedicated machines for different workflows. Total productivity flex.

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Acrobatic_Chart_611 · 1 month ago

but an expensive that something you can afford; you only cry once; where if you buy cheap, breaks all the time, you will cry a lot!

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Acrobatic_Chart_611 · 1 month ago

My setup at home: FYI:
Desktop 1: $5,500 AUD (Gaming beast Workstation) Desktop 2: $3,500 AUD (Secondary powerhouse) Mac M4 Air: $2,000 AUD (Portable) Mac M1 Mini: $520 AUD (Dev machine) Total: ~$11,520 AUD Plus KVM 4x2

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