Hi, I’ve recently put some posts asking what laptop should I buy. I got some quality advice, so thanks for that guys. I’ve finally bought (well, paid, it’s not reached yet) the acer Nitro 5.

https://www.amazon.in/Acer-i7-12650H-Graphics-AN515-58-Keyboard/dp/B0C5R13NGB

I know the battery is shit, planning to check the thunderbolt port to use an external power bank. But other than that the specs seem awesome, the reviews also say the same. There’s just no other deal that gives a display like this with the specs. I hope the build quality is good, I’ve bought an external extended warranty, so the risk is minimised (I hope).

What do you guys think? This is my first gaming laptop. Is there anything I should do first on receiving? Any ideas how to extend the provided battery’s life? Is Win10/11 better for this hardware? Can I use it for like the next 4 years?

  • Rentlar
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    This may not apply to you, but I had an ASUS laptop with terrible battery life, installing the Nvidia USB-C driver improved it significantly for some reason.

    Definitely debloat Windows as much as you can, use English (World) on a fresh install. Or just use Linux instead!

    • Darth_Vader__@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      I do use linux on my current PC, but does linux improve battery life more than windows, is it possible to permanently disable the Nvidia GPU in linux to improve battery life?

      • Rentlar
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yes. From either OS you should be able to access the BIOS configuration menu and have an option to disable your GPU card as you need (might be called a Discrete/Integrated graphics option).