[anthonyskipper]

Try mining cryptocurrency, running prime95, playing fps shooters, or even dota on high settings. You will notice the battery draining while plugged in. You also see it if you are on an airplane, but that is usually because the charger tries to pull too much and overheats and gives up ghost. Macbooks have underpowered chargers.

[djrogers]

> Macbooks have underpowered chargers.

My 16” shipped with a 96 watt charger, and I’ve not seen a laptop with a higher powered one. I’d have to contend with that assertion.

[krzyk]

I had 180W for my old HP laptop, and recently ~135W (or 170W) for Thinkpad W541.

<100W adapters were mostly for potato laptops, until USB-C came into picture which supported up to 100W and now manfucaturers adapted (and probably wait for 200W PD).

[kevin_thibedeau]

Newer Dells pull 180W from a paired USB-C dock connector.

[krzyk]

Nice to see workarounds.

I must say that I love that I just plug out the laptop power adapter and plug it into my phone (or mouse) and it charges. Even when it comes with lower performance of the laptop.

[ClumsyPilot]

Are all other laptops you've seen potato? My Dell XPS 15", 130 watts.

[robotnikman]

My current Dell laptop uses a 240 watt charger

[The_Colonel]

ThinkPad P73 has 230 Watt charger.