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I have a Strix Halo laptop, HP ZBook Ultra G1a. (HP is a weird brand. I'm not a loyal customer, but every once in a while they create a product with really good reviews, I buy it, and it delivers.) Performance is almost on par with Apple's best, but battery life under light load is much worse :P, 6:30 or so.

Under full load, battery life is an hour or so, similar to Apple actually! If the numbers I've seen are correct, they also use a lot of power under full load.

Also, thank $deity for engineered noise signatures. Whooshing is not so bad. Whining fans are the worst. Last heard in better laptops several years ago.

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