TetonJohn, you might be able to fix that. A laptop has default power settings to 'throttle down' the CPU when running on the battery, to conserve power. You can go into the Windows Control Panel power settings and (if you want) tell your laptop to run on full power while on battery. The performance then should be the same, battery or AC.


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