@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agoA Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batterieswww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down130
arrow-up1378arrow-down1external-linkA Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batterieswww.popularmechanics.com@floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-square@GenosseFlosse@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink10•2 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@jose1324@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•2 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