@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agoA Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batterieswww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down130cross-posted to: hardware
arrow-up1377arrow-down1external-linkA Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batterieswww.popularmechanics.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square99fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•4 months agoI still remember that in the 90s till the 2000s you would get maybe 60 to 90 minutes of battery life out of a new laptop. Then it jumped to 4 or more hours thanks to better batteries, more energy efficient CPUs and displays.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•4 months agoLaptops is a bad example. The improvements are moreso the chips and efficient hardware, not the battery
I still remember that in the 90s till the 2000s you would get maybe 60 to 90 minutes of battery life out of a new laptop. Then it jumped to 4 or more hours thanks to better batteries, more energy efficient CPUs and displays.
Laptops is a bad example. The improvements are moreso the chips and efficient hardware, not the battery