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43 hours battery life: Dell XPS 14 2026 lasts almost 3x longer vs MacBook Air 15

https://www.notebookcheck.net/43-hours-battery-life-Dell-XPS-14-2026-lasts-almost-3x-longer-vs-MacBook-Air-15-M5-in-web-browsing-test.1262947.0.html
12•akyuu•1h ago

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lukevp•1h ago
Does anyone believe this? Is it real? Windows laptops always claim crazy battery life figures but when I have the latest, nicest windows machine it ends up lasting like 3-4 hours every time, with a normal coding workload. My MacBooks in contrast will last 8+.
jyunwai•1h ago
> "Moving on, the Dell XPS 14 (2026) endured for around 20 hours and 21 minutes when playing a 4K YouTube video. The MacBook Air 15 M5 lasted for 14 hours."

> "Finally, the Apple M5 showed its efficiency advantage under maximum load. The MacBook Air 15 M5 kept going for 4 hours and 10 minutes while gaming. The Dell XPS 14 could only hold out for 2.5 hours."

That about fits my personal experience. The dozens-of-hours-long battery life claims for laptops are based on streaming videos, but real-life battery life is always far shorter for me, as I usually use my laptop for more intensive tasks.

sangel21•24m ago
I think these have new LG Oxide 1 Hz displays? That might be why it didn't fair as well in games.
mikestew•1h ago
I was expecting the Dell to be some 7 lb. all-battery monster, but no, it weighs in at a claimed 3.4 lbs.

Variable refresh rate obviously plays a role, if you don’t mind reading web pages at 1Hz.

digitalPhonix•1h ago
The XPS build quality (from what I remember) was pretty good and the new one looks like it has a massive trackpad. Maybe a macbook won't be my default next laptop.

Hopefully this is just the start of x86 laptops responding Macbooks. They've been pretty much unchallenged for most use cases (even more now with the Neo) for the past few years.

Mercor AI Breached via LiteLLM

https://xcancel.com/AlvieriD/status/2038779690295378004#m
1•measurablefunc•1m ago•0 comments

Slack deleted a large amount of workspaces

https://old.reddit.com/r/Slack/comments/1s9we70/workspace_deleted/
1•tifan•1m ago•1 comments

This Month in Ladybird – March 2026

https://ladybird.org/newsletter/2026-03-31/
1•exploraz•2m ago•0 comments

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https://twitter.com/dawnsongtweets/status/2039451083005977009
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https://jimiwen.substack.com/p/si-wu-zi-acb
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https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v25.9.0
1•maneprajakta•16m ago•0 comments

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https://nypost.com/2026/03/31/us-news/paul-mccartney-helps-apple-celebrate-50th-anniversary/
1•rmason•24m ago•1 comments

The Longest-Running Vaporware Project in the History of Computing

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2•YounesDz•24m ago•0 comments

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3•teleforce•31m ago•0 comments

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2•nothrowaways•33m ago•2 comments

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1•mercury24aug•33m ago•2 comments

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Claude Code Cache Bug Analysis

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2•noleary•41m ago•0 comments

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1•easygenes•51m ago•0 comments

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3•nobody9999•55m ago•0 comments

Websudoku

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1•kmstout•1h ago•0 comments