The Touchscreen Drains Your Laptop Battery Even When the Touchscreen Is Disabled
You probably already know that a touchscreen laptop is more expensive than a non-touchscreen version. But there are other non-cash surcharges you must pay for touch, including more battery drain.
Laptop Magazine notes several issues with touchscreen laptops: the lack of any matte displays in this laptop category (while noting that most consumer laptops these days have glossy screens), ergonomic issues with keyboard access, and more. thick and heavy structures. … These are the issues we covered earlier – tradeoffs you might want to make for this touch interface.
One surprising find the laptop made, however, was that the battery life of touchscreen laptops – about 24 percent compared to the ThinkPad X1 Carbon with and without touchscreen – persists even after the touchscreen is disabled . Apparently, the touch digitizer continues to consume power even when it is turned off.
This might make you wonder if you regularly use your laptop unplugged and battery life is more important than touch.
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