battery life

Microsoft quietly confirmed what users have been asking for: Modern Standby in Windows 11 will stop allowing most background activity to forcibly wake a sleeping PC and draining its battery, because beginning with Windows 11, version 24H2 the OS now limits wake sources when excessive drain is...

Microsoft’s new Copilot+ marketing leans hard on numbers: top-performing Copilot+ PCs, Microsoft says, can be “up to five times quicker than a 5‑year‑old Windows device,” beat the MacBook Air with M4 in Cinebench 2024 multi‑core, and deliver “up to 19 hours of web browsing” or “up to 27 hours of...

I spent most of my adult life defending Windows like it was a family heirloom, and yet one month with a 14-inch MacBook Pro later I’m writing this from the other side: I switched hardware and operating system, and three concrete things convinced me I’m not going back. The reasons are simple but...

HP’s decision to fold Pavilion, Envy and Spectre into a single, tiered OmniBook family aims to make laptop choices simpler—and its regional Quick Start Guide walks new owners through a fast, practical route from unboxing to a secure, updated machine. Background / Overview HP launched the...

HP's move to fold Pavilion, Envy, and Spectre into a single OmniBook family is the clearest signal yet that mainstream Windows laptops are being redesigned around battery endurance, on-device AI, and simplified buying choices—a change that matters directly to buyers in Thailand’s varied urban...

LG’s latest expansion of the xboom by will.i.am family is more than a refreshed product line — it’s an explicit bet that AI-driven personality, battery endurance and flexible form factors will define portable audio in 2026. Background LG’s xboom collaboration with will.i.am launched publicly in...

Lenovo’s latest Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition (10th‑gen) arrives as a striking example of how laptop makers are trying to square the circle between desktop‑class performance and true portability — it largely succeeds on raw speed and display quality, but stumbles on battery endurance, pricing, and a...

I stopped carrying my charger when a handful of Windows power tweaks turned my laptop from a battery anxiety machine into a reliable all-day workhorse. Background / Overview Modern laptops promise portability, but the reality for many users is a squeeze between performance and battery life...

HP’s refreshed OmniBook family is an unmistakable signal that the student laptop market has shifted from raw CPU clocks and discrete GPUs to a new buying checklist anchored on battery endurance, on‑device AI acceleration, and convertible versatility—making the OmniBook X, OmniBook Ultra (and...

HP’s new OmniBook family promises to reframe the “best laptop for college” discussion by folding long battery life, Windows 11 Copilot+ integration, and on‑device AI acceleration into a single product family—yet the marketing headlines don’t tell the whole story students need when choosing a...

The best Windows laptops of 2025 show how far the PC ecosystem has come: ultraportable designs with OLED screens, practical on‑device AI, and battery life that finally competes with — and in some cases beats — the MacBook class, but the experience you get still depends heavily on the exact SKU...

College life demands a laptop that’s reliable, light enough to carry between classes, and—depending on your major—powerful enough for coding, CAD, or media creation; PCMag UK’s 2025 roundup gives a clear set of context‑aware recommendations, but the real buying work comes down to matching exact...

Microsoft and ASUS have delivered a genuinely ambitious take on a handheld Windows 11 gaming PC with the ROG Xbox ALLY X — a device that wears Xbox branding and a controller-first layout, yet behaves like a full Windows machine under the hood, promising “Xbox, anywhere” with PC-level flexibility...

If a recent Windows 11 update has left your laptop struggling to last a full workday, you’re not alone — but this is usually fixable without replacing the battery. The glow of a nearly empty battery icon at midday is often the visible symptom of one of three root causes: software power-policy...

Modern Standby (S0 Low Power Idle) promises smartphone‑like instant‑on convenience, but for many Windows 10 and Windows 11 users it has become the single most common cause of unexplained battery drain, warm laptops in bags, and unpredictable sleep behavior—issues that can be fixed, or mitigated...

OnePlus's newest flagship, the OnePlus 15, has arrived as a deliberately provocative entry in the premium-phone market — marrying an unprecedented 7,300 mAh battery and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 performance with a new imaging pipeline and a tougher-than-usual build — and it’s being pitched...

Lenovo’s blunt Q&A on Google’s upcoming Android PC platform frames a practical reality most marketing decks skip: Android laptops will be compelling for light, web-first workflows and long battery life, but they are not today a drop‑in replacement for Windows machines in gaming, professional...

Thin-and-light laptops have moved well beyond being mere ultra-portable companions; today’s best models deliver balanced performance, solid battery life, and refined cooling in svelte, travel-ready housings — making them viable for everything from daily office work to light gaming and creative...

Which? has quietly promoted a new joint highest‑scoring Windows laptop in its lab, and the headline is simple: one of the best Windows machines they’ve ever tested manages to be genuinely ultraportable without surrendering the battery life or everyday performance most buyers want. The model is...

Windows 11 hides a surprisingly powerful battery lever in plain sight: the built‑in Power Mode selector. Toggling that single dropdown—from Best Performance to Balanced or Best Power Efficiency—can extend run time noticeably on many laptops and tablets, and it’s fast to change from the Settings...