Does my laptop use a lot less power when I'm not online?
Lower Austria…
It mainly consumes electricity due to the brightness of the screen, and graphics.
The LT consumes the least when it is off.
More yes. But that's so minimal that you wouldn't notice the difference… It's about cents
There's a little electricity for the (W) LAN module and then for the browser, which of course does the rest of it. Then it also depends on what you do with it, watch videos and and and
Mainly electricity is used by the brightness of the display, as well as the graphics card and the processor and that depends on what you do with the notebook
The ct, for example, tests the current consumption and the battery life of the notebooks in their tests, but no test has anything to do with the Internet, since this is more likely to be referred to as "also ran" in terms of battery life
An example of a current test:
Idle (100cd / m²) 12.6h → ~ 8W
Video (200cd / m²) 7.1h → ~ 14.4W
3D (max brightness) 1.8h → ~ 57W
It all depends on how the device is connected to the internet.
if you have a connection via Wi-Fi, or via a built-in UMTS or LTE modem, you can save a lot of electricity by switching it off.
the mere fact that the device is connected to the internet does not in itself directly increase power consumption. However, it is possible that there are certain background activities such as updates or something that would not run without a connection to the internet and use extra power.
so i would answer the question with yes and no.
