

There was a time when laptops that lasted all day were nothing more than a pipe dream. It's easily one of the best laptops on the market. While it’s fair to criticize the laptop for retaining the dated design of its predecessors, few can speak against its astonishing performance and sheer staying power.

Outside of the aforementioned rugged laptops, nothing defeats it in this category. The MacBook Pro 13-inch with its M2 chip has set a new standard for laptop battery life. MacBook Pro 2022 battery life: A bright future for long-lasting laptops We’d go on, but I think the point is clear: The new MacBook Pro 13-inch delivers unbeatable battery life. The MacBook Air with M1 (14:41) and MacBook Pro 14-inch (14:08) provide less battery life, but anything above 14 hours is great. Laptops like the HP EliteBook x360 1040 G7 and Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 15 stay within the 15-hour range. It still is, but compared to its latest iteration, it doesn’t endure as long. At the time, we found the battery life extremely impressive. Of course, we can’t forget about last year's M1-powered MacBook Pro, which lasted for 16 hours and 32 minutes in our testing. The HP Elite Folio (16:21) is also in the 16-hour club. Laptops like the Dell Latitude 9410 2-in-1 (16:54) and Asus ExpertBook B9450 (16:42) can theoretically last you for an entire workday and then some. However, the Dell has a lower-res 1080p display. You could even argue that they effectively have the same battery life. Given how it’s only three minutes shy of the MacBook Pro’s battery life, the laptops are fairly evenly matched. The only laptop that’s even in the same ballpark in terms of battery life is the 15-inch Dell Latitude 9510, which clocked in with an impressive 18 hours and 17 minutes. The MacBook Pro 14-inch has impressive battery life but isn't as long-lasting as the new MacBook Pro 13-inch.
