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_price8d 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.

james9957d 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.