expiredDr.W posted Dec 15, 2025 06:10 AM
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expiredDr.W posted Dec 15, 2025 06:10 AM
Dell Inspiron 2-in-1 Laptop: Ryzen 5 8640HS, 14" 2K Touch, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD
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My biggest issue is the somewhat common tiny up/down arrow keys. Don't want a dedicated copilot key either (I've already killed all those services in Windows). Lastly, the HDMI port not being 2.0+ is odd on machines for a few years now, but as mentioned elsewhere, you can use a USB-C/DP to HDMI adapter to get full UHD/60 output if it was needed.
This has a 53Wh battery. For 50th percentile values from datalogs, mine idle at 1.3W with the screen off, 2.3W at minimum brightness, 2.8W at 50% brightness, and 4.7W at max brightness. Streaming youtube at 1080p, the 50% brightness level increases from 2.8W to 5.5W, providing around 9 hours of video-streaming runtime from a full charge, or 7 hours if the charge is limited to 80%.
The CPU bursts to 40W all-core load, but settles down at 32W long-term for a 86C temperature at 4GHz under load testing. Single core is 16W at 4.9GHz. This 12-thread chip performs 10% better than all-16-thread 5850U from a Thinkpad T14s (maintains 35W at 95C). The iGPU is also twice as fast.
For a couple dedicated DOSBOX/retro PC game systems, the machine's fine. Especially with an external screen and keyboard. Minus the tiny arrow keys, it's better than the other "beater"/cheap laptops I've previously used for the same purpose, and I think for the price it's worth holding onto until something better comes along with a larger battery, and full arrow keys, for retro computing on battery power.
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