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Does it mean this machine has the potential of having amazing battery life since it can be fully programmed? I am talking as close to MacBook Pro level (not accounting for arm vs intel/amd difference).

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The Dell XPS and Framework laptops already far exceed MacBook Pro battery life.

O'rly? Also when suspended to RAM? Framework AMD versions specifically?

The Intel 13th gen will draw ~1% per hour while suspended to RAM.

My findings on it: https://sjg.io/writing/suspend-battery-drain-framework-13-ub...

Thanks for the detailed write-up.

IIRC my Thinkpad T14 G2 has S3 and it draws 0.3% per hour, pretty much in line with what Macbooks draw when sleeping.

Another data point: AMD T14 G4 with s2idle draws about 0.4% per hour of sleep.

The Framework 13 absolutely does not touch the MacBook Pro battery life in any of its current configurations, though the upcoming 13 pro promises to.

I have a Ryzen 5 AI 340 powered machine and average about 6 hours. I might be able to stretch that to 7 if I dimmed the screen a bunch and only did light web browsing.

This is closer battery life to MacBook Neo, not an Air or Pro under the same workload.

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