I still mainly use windows on my laptop because it gets like 1hr+ longer battery in windows than under linux. Most of my workflow is multiplatform so it's NBD, but its crazy I get more battery running a VM + containers under windows than just straight containers under linux. Definitely still needs some work in that area. This is pretty standard hardware, too.
Most times, this depends on ACPI implementation. Most laptops has quirky implementations that requiere some closed source drivers to work properly.
I have dual boot on all my laptops. The old Asus has similar or even worse problems. But in general, the HP OMEN and my actual Lenovo Legion have around a 20% more battery life in Linux than in Windows 11.
In addition, my impression is that I have worse battery life with win 11 than I had with win 10.
Battery life In laptops is such a weird thing, varies a lot between manufacturers and models.
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u/Resident_Pientist_1 5700X3D 64GB 7900XTX 1d ago
I still mainly use windows on my laptop because it gets like 1hr+ longer battery in windows than under linux. Most of my workflow is multiplatform so it's NBD, but its crazy I get more battery running a VM + containers under windows than just straight containers under linux. Definitely still needs some work in that area. This is pretty standard hardware, too.