Hello. I know this isn’t completely related to Linux, but I was still curious about it.

I’ve been looking at Linux laptops and one that caught my eye from Tuxedo had 13 hours of battery life on idle, or 9 hours of browsing the web. The thing is, that device had a 3k display.

My question is, as someone used to 1080p and someone that always tries to maximise the battery life out of a laptop, would downscaling the display be helpful? And if so, is it even worth it, or are the benefits too small to notice?

  • CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world
    42·
    2 months ago

    You’ll have to downscale the resolution unless you have super human vision. I suspect that the laptop is configured to ~150% ootb which would mean those battery estimates are based on that as well.

    • floofloofEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      I don’t think upscaling the text/UI and downscaling the whole screen are the same thing.

      • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        1 month ago

        The one usually works best with the other, though.

        EDIT: nm, I see what you were getting at in their comment now. They also meant downscaling the Text/UI, not upscaling.