• chalupapocalypse@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Also funny how they keep adding shit no one needs that just makes battery life worse

    Yes let me drop $700 on a handheld so I can play it plugged in on the couch

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        1 year ago

        The battery drainer? That thing was epi…

        Sorry, ran out of batteries.

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            1 year ago

            Yes! I had three NiCd to every one NiMH, & the NiCd would all be flat within minutes; then I’d switch to the NiMH for some actual fun & within 30 minutes they’re all spent for the day. Sometimes I stripped the single-use flat cells out of used Polaroid film packs, for just a few minutes of superior power:weight ratio on my littlest RCs

            Then there were the flashlights we’d use for hours but if you put the same cells in the GameGear, dead in no time.

            LiPo cells were like a revelation…

            Come to think of it, the PSP had an optical drive which was a battery hog too; I remember a friend being elated that I’d found an aftermarket pack with more mAh.

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          Cool, so now it’s a “work laptop” and I can justify expensing it !!

          Only reason why they’d put Word on it IMO

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        1 year ago

        According to the totally impartial LTT review of the Ally it’s worse than the Deck in every way but if it’s plugged in and you’re using a kb+m then it’s only a slightly underpowered laptop and you should totally buy it over the Deck

        So I guess the “power modes” that can’t run on battery