1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:08,080 Microsoft's been trying their darnest to make their Edge browser happen. An 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:13,120 uphill battle given Internet Explorer's reputation among consumers. And I would 3 00:00:10,719 --> 00:00:19,279 say that alongside the strategically placed and I'm going to say this, snarky 4 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:25,279 prompts that Windows 10 is always dishing out for you to make Edge your 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:28,080 default browser. The juiciest peach that 6 00:00:25,279 --> 00:00:35,320 Microsoft has to entice users to jump ship is their claim that Edge offers 7 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:40,320 better battery life than any other 8 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:42,719 browser. But does it? In this episode of 9 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:47,200 manufacturers say, we explore the current state of browser battery life 10 00:00:44,719 --> 00:00:53,140 and determine if Microsoft's claims constitute an epic mic drop or an epic 11 00:00:51,520 --> 00:01:02,079 ball drop. 12 00:01:02,079 --> 00:01:09,439 I by Power and MSI's new lineup of gaming laptops feature Intel 7th 13 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:14,400 generation Core i7 processors. Check them out at the link 14 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:17,560 below. For our test, we used four brand 15 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:20,560 new identical Inspiron 16 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:22,960 157559s loaned to us by Dell. Thanks, 17 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:28,080 Dell. So from the moment these landed in our office, careful attention was paid 18 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:33,680 to keep them as similar to one another as possible. If steam was installed in 19 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:39,840 one machine, it had to be installed on the other three as well. So one thing we 20 00:01:37,119 --> 00:01:47,360 needed to know was with manufacturing tolerances in mind, just how identical 21 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:49,920 are these machines? If we had a lemon, 22 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:57,600 we needed to know about it. So, we ran PC Mark8's home conventional battery 23 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:59,680 test on each laptop twice. And although 24 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:03,920 there is some variability in the test results, we consider all of them to be 25 00:02:02,159 --> 00:02:09,920 within the margin of error that we've come to expect from PC Mark. And no 26 00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:12,680 machine was consistently better or worse 27 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:18,400 than any of the others across the two tests. Next, we had to control our 28 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:25,879 testing conditions. If one of the machines decides to update its 29 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:29,360 bloatware value added pre-installed 30 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:32,000 software, thanks Dell, halfway through 31 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:36,160 an overnight run. That's just too much pee in the punch bowl for that machine's 32 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:42,200 results to be meaningful. So, we uninstalled everything with Dell in the 33 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:45,200 name, iced McAfee, blacked out GeForce 34 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:48,080 Experience, locked down Windows privacy, 35 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:53,280 and politely asked Cortana to reenact her death scene at the end of Halo 4. 36 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:57,760 Then, having run out of puns, we disabled telemetry, set the brightness 37 00:02:54,879 --> 00:03:00,800 to 50%, and set the system volume to 15%. 38 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:06,560 With our machines sufficiently sanitized, we were ready to move on from 39 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:09,680 synthetic tests to reall life loads. 40 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:12,680 Starting with Edge running on all four 41 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:14,879 machines once again to ensure 42 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:21,040 consistency. So, we designed our real world test to reflect actual internet 43 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:23,599 browsing. Some social, a dash of news, a 44 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:29,560 sprinkle of autosave, and a 6-hour stream of the 4K UL log. Pretty typical 45 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:36,799 stuff for this time of year. And wait, what? On the very first test, we had 46 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:39,120 machines dying up to an hour and a half 47 00:03:36,799 --> 00:03:44,920 earlier than the others, even though they're all the same laptop running in 48 00:03:41,599 --> 00:03:48,959 identical environments with the same 49 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:53,280 browser. So, we did the same test two 50 00:03:48,959 --> 00:03:55,200 more times and got similar results. What 51 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:59,760 gives? In order to find out if the 52 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:05,439 inconsistencies were due to the browser or due to the machines, we would end up 53 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:09,439 needing a lot more tests. So, we 54 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:13,200 downloaded Chrome, Firefox, and Opera on 55 00:04:09,439 --> 00:04:15,720 each machine and ran test after test, 56 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:22,000 rotating the browsers across the machines. And as for the results, well, 57 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:28,880 there do seem to be some differences between units one to four with machine 3 58 00:04:25,919 --> 00:04:34,320 towing the border of dud territory, but that's far from the whole story. When we 59 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:40,479 ran Chrome or Opera on all four machines, they died within 20 minutes of 60 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:43,360 each other. And if we compare the best 61 00:04:40,479 --> 00:04:49,440 and worst times of individual browsers across multiple tests on the same 62 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:53,360 machine, we see that Edge just has the 63 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:56,320 biggest range between its lap times. But 64 00:04:53,360 --> 00:05:01,440 hold on, Lionus. Microsoft never claimed to have the most consistent battery 65 00:04:58,479 --> 00:05:06,400 life. They claimed to have the best battery life. It's a tortoise in a hair 66 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:11,400 thing. Well, no. You hold on because we're just getting started. Not only did 67 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:17,440 Edge not trounce the competition in our tests, it didn't even get the high 68 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:20,639 score, Chrome did. Well, hold on again, 69 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,400 Lidus, because Edge just got a huge 70 00:05:20,639 --> 00:05:26,960 battery life boost with the recent Windows Creators Update. And you guys 71 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:31,600 didn't even use the same testing methodology that Microsoft did when they 72 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:35,919 made these claims to begin with. You know what? you hold on even harder 73 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:42,320 because this project took freaking forever and we actually did tests before 74 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:45,360 and after the creators update. And 75 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,440 although Edge performed very well and 76 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:54,320 not to mention much more consistently after the update, it still didn't break 77 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:56,800 our longest life record. And besides, 78 00:05:54,320 --> 00:06:04,199 since Microsoft's testing methodology is public, well, we recreated that one, 79 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:06,560 too. and Edge still got 80 00:06:04,199 --> 00:06:12,000 beat. Gotta calm down here. It's conclusion time. So, prior to the 81 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:17,759 creators update, Edge had big winners and big losers, but since then, it's 82 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:23,199 closer to the consistently good performance that we observed from 83 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:25,759 Chrome. 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