> For some reason, nothing says "future" to me more than having tiny screens embedded where they're not absolutely needed.
Like this?
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/new-ddr5-modu...
Like this?
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/new-ddr5-modu...
Maybe also show the drive label and something about the partition table, although that requires inspecting the storage contents.
I wouldn't pay much more for that, though, and I don't know how many people would pay any premium at all.
That said, I am very appreciative of my 'inline USB-C power draw monitor' from a standpoint of understanding what kind of draw a given device has (up to it's limit ofc)
I have a couple of those and I love them!
Mine support up to 100W power draw.
Before I got them, I hadn’t ever considered that a variable amount of power could be drawn by a laptop while charging.
For example, right now my laptop is at 63% battery and currently charging. It’s drawing 36W at the moment. When the battery charge is lower, it’s drawing more power from the outlet, and the higher the battery charge is getting, the less power it’s drawing from the outlet.
Assuming you like that kind of thing, maybe you can also test the power drain from displaying seconds in the taskbar in Windows 11. I know Raymond Chen posted an article about it, but I’d be interested whether you can spot a difference. If it really is on the order of 5 mW, then I assume you can’t detect it.
One of the downsides of only using a laptop is that you can’t see this level of detail because the battery acts as a buffer.
From memory, 5W when running (not enough to prevent the battery slowly draining), 10W when in standby.
This is because Li-Ion charging logic is known as "CC-CV", or constant current followed by constant voltage. You limit the charging current to some value (say 1A) until the cell attains the target voltage (almost always 4.2V, though some chargers limit it to 4.1V to prolong cell life), and then you hold it at that voltage until the current diminishes significantly (most chargers cut the cell off and indicate charge complete when the current draw drops to 10% of its max (during the CC phase) charge current, i.e. 100mA here).