Schenker VIA 14 laptop review: Lightweight materials combined with a big battery

[Redaktion]

Schenker does not just want to sell gaming laptops; work laptops are also a lucrative market. That is why Schenker is releasing the VIA 14, a laptop that is both lightweight and enduring. A promising combination, which works great in this comprehensive review.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Schenker-VIA-14-laptop-review-Lightweight-materials-combined-with-a-big-battery.461625.0.html

[william blake]

schenker-60ms gtg response. thinkpad 60ms, latitude 60ms.
what is wrong with this damn market.

[DavidC1]

Hmm, I don't know. I think the laptop is subpar, and certainly not deserving of a good review.

-Bad speaker: Every consumer facing workload is affected by it
-DPC latency issues will hinder it in any usage that involves audio, and that means during Zoom meetings it'll crackle
-For a laptop with such a big battery, its performance is severely limited when on battery. That's a responsiveness loss that'll be felt by majority of users.
-Fan that's often on in idle despite the severe throttling is another turn off.

Basically I would say the only thing good about it is the battery life. But considering how severely it throttles under battery, you might as well save hundreds of dollars and get a Pentium Silver N5000 devices which will get good battery life without a massive battery size.

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-Bad speaker: Every consumer facing workload is affected by it
-DPC latency issues will hinder it in any usage that involves audio, and that means during Zoom meetings it'll crackle
-For a laptop with such a big battery, its performance is severely limited when on battery. That's a responsiveness loss that'll be felt by majority of users.

I guess because I started using laptops back when there was no such thing as a good integrated speaker, I learned to not use them. Only if it's absolutely necessary (I don't even recall the last time). In many places, speakers wouldn't be appropriate anyway. If I have the privacy, I usually have external speakers. I guess hotel rooms are the exception. If I have good headphones with me anyway, which I do, does it really matter that I have to use them in a hotel as well? For me, a more important question is whether a laptop has TOSLINK output as many audio systems take it (even today, not all systems with digital input offer USB). And of course, HDMI contains audio for conference room use. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying your view or preferences are wrong. I'm just sharing mine. And if there was a laptop without speakers, I might not even notice. When they play on mine, it's by accident because I forgot to mute it when I disconnected headphones/ external speakers.

Well, there are two screenshots - one OK, one with problems. And no explanation IIRC. It's maximum so you have no idea how frequent it is. Maybe it has problems, maybe it hick-ups once in a blue moon.

20 W for a 15 W processor with 1,6 GHz base frequency is not throttling. High frequencies are inefficient. That's a fact of physics. Noticeable loss of responsiveness? I wouldn't think so. Of course, depending on what you do. Have you actually tried it (a restrictive power limit)? Single core boost should still be good. 20 W is not a small amount. This is always debatable. For me, in a mobile device (something you actually use on the go), performance without endurance is useless. As always, having a choice is a good thing. Remember, even with such a big battery, if you want 10 hour endurance, the average for the whole laptop has to be about 7 W. Screen and everything. Want 14 hours? You're down to 5 W. That's practically idle consumption.

[anon]

I will mention the Samsung Notebook 9 13.3" model NP900X3T which is smaller, lighter, and comes with a 72Whr battery.