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by cryptozeus 818 days ago
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Gizmodo: "Somewhere down the line, many of us got the idea that our laptops should always be plugged in to improve their performance."

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It’s worded a little weird there, but it’s not untrue. Laptops with high TDP CPUs and/or discrete GPUs will often perform significantly worse on battery, either by default or always.

It’s why whenever a new M-series chip launches, Apple makes sure to highlight how it performs every bit the same on battery as while charging.