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Wayland Found To Be "Intrinsically Faster Than X11, But Not Necessarily More Efficient" (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago

1w makes a huge difference when your laptop is only consuming 4. That’s how laptops get 20+ hour battery life. My M1 MacBook uses like 5-8 watts in normal usage. 1 more watt is very noticeable.