Blue Ridge Technology

Battery Life Battery life in your mobile devices is something most of us think about day by day. Our smartphones last the day if we’re lucky, and our laptops are even worse. Even though the batteries inside are larger, laptops have much heftier power needs, so they run through those batteries faster. That’s especially true when you’re doing resource-intensive work on your computer (things like photo or video editing, rendering, compiling, and so on). Device makers have responded with a power-saving feature, called things like Low Power Mode and Energy Saver. These limit a device’s capability, sometimes literally slowing it down or lowering max screen brightness, to limit battery drain. It’s a trade of performance for battery life. That makes sense if you’re white-knuckling it home on 5%, relying on your smartphone map to get you there. But on your laptop, it can get in the way of everyday computing tasks. Microsoft Windows already has an energy saver mode, but it’s an all-or-nothing so...