In order to standardize our battery life testing methodology, we will only be using the Tears of Steel rundown on all Windows laptops going forward. We'll stick with PCMark 10's battery life test ...
which we recommend to most folks as the best Windows laptop overall. I'm not the biggest fan of the capacitive function keys and invisible touchpad, but I can't quibble with the big improvements ...
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