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Video editing/Gaming Laptop with good battery life
May 12, 2025 at
02:04 PM
Hello!
I'm running an AERO 15" with OLED 4k display. I added some RAM to get it to 64gb, and a 2nd storage drive so as to get it up to 4Tb (total).
I travel a lot, though, and the battery life *sucks* (~2-3hrs) and I can't charge it on the plane because it draws too much power. Also, with power brick, it weights a LOT.
I need something that I can get at least 6-9 'real' hours; has to have better than a 1080p display.
Light gaming, but video processing/editing. I think I can give up a dedicated graphics card if it means longer battery life; but definitely need a 2.5k minimum (4k preferable) display, and I really like OLED....
Need to have space for 2 solid state drives, as definitely need to upgrade storage to 4+Tb down the line.
Flip/touchscreen/2-in-1 would be nice for plane/ready, but also not critical (seems all tablets/2-in1 are sealed/won't let you upgrade RAM/SSDs?)
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
-A
PS - Can't do Mac.
I'm running an AERO 15" with OLED 4k display. I added some RAM to get it to 64gb, and a 2nd storage drive so as to get it up to 4Tb (total).
I travel a lot, though, and the battery life *sucks* (~2-3hrs) and I can't charge it on the plane because it draws too much power. Also, with power brick, it weights a LOT.
I need something that I can get at least 6-9 'real' hours; has to have better than a 1080p display.
Light gaming, but video processing/editing. I think I can give up a dedicated graphics card if it means longer battery life; but definitely need a 2.5k minimum (4k preferable) display, and I really like OLED....
Need to have space for 2 solid state drives, as definitely need to upgrade storage to 4+Tb down the line.
Flip/touchscreen/2-in-1 would be nice for plane/ready, but also not critical (seems all tablets/2-in1 are sealed/won't let you upgrade RAM/SSDs?)
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
-A
PS - Can't do Mac.
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That only gets you down to 4lbs, plus another 1lb for the charger. You could use a lighter USB C charger on occasions when you know you won't need to use the discrete GPU while charging.
You could get down to 3.4lbs with a Asus Zephyrus G14. It only has 1 m.2 slot though, so you'd have to replace the drive with a 4tb (or maybe even a 8tb), rather than add a second drive. The previous generation is mini-LED, which is nice.
To get under 3lbs, I think you'll have to make a few compromises.