Comment on is it fine to leave steam deck in sleep mode instead pf turning it off?
technohacker@programming.dev 1 week ago
Anecdotally it seems to have a similar drain rate to my laptop, around 10% a day in sleep (though I would recommend actually verifying this yourself to be sure). So if you want to conserve battery life, turning it off is the way to go
dukemirage@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’ve heard that’s one of the big cons of the x86 architecture, one of the reasons why it’s a very unpopular choice for mobile devices.
technohacker@programming.dev 1 week ago
I don’t know for sure though, because in theory they keep the core powered down during suspend sleep so in theory there really shouldn’t be any power draw aside from the memory modules. However you’re right that there’s some noticeable difference for some reason