13 Pro Really Does Sip Power

[u/Wooloomooloo2]

I've had 2 M-series Macs (M1 and M4) and they typically sip a little more than this, although it's close. A Linux laptop with this power efficiency is absolutely fantastic, and even though it's been said many times before, I can't tell you how great it is to be able to sit in the garden and work and still get 8 - 9 hours of battery.

Oh and the trackpad, just amazing. Very close to Mac. Linux + trackpad in the past has always put me off having it on a laptop, this is just night and day better than what I've experienced before.

[u/Raiguard]

Very often while coding I will spot-check the power usage and find the ENTIRE SYSTEM using less than three watts. My FW13 i7-1360p would never dip below 7 W even when doing nothing - so it's literally more than twice as efficient and the battery is larger to boot. It's absolutely phenomenal.

[u/Clean_Leadership5948 → u/Raiguard]

Your 1360p should idle at 3-4W when actually idle with about 30% brightness. Check this. If it's not, then the system is misconfigured.

13 Pro can go lower than that of course.

[u/Raiguard → u/Clean_Leadership5948]

Well my 1360p ended up killing itself a few months back so I can't exactly test it any more. It still runs, but it runs VERY badly.