[varispeed]

One time my friend called me that she cannot do anything on this laptop, at first I was unable to figure out what is wrong. CPU usage was low, memory plenty available and yet it was a slideshow. Then it clicked - it was not plugged in.

I completely forgot about that PC laptops massively lose performance when on battery as well. Now she is always plugged in, which sort of defeats the purpose of having mobile device.

When going to uni she has to get a place with the outlet to plug it in.

Never had that problem with Mac (I can get it fully charged to work, do the whole day without plugging it in. I don't have a charger in my bag...).

Unfortunately some software she has to use only works on Windows and doesn't work well in VM (I tried on my Mac to see if it was viable, unfortunately not).

[ohgr]

Yeah that. My daughter has an M2 air and doesn’t take the charger with her any more. Doesn’t need it.