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Uh, work? Sometimes I'm in meetings all day in different rooms at my company, and I really don't like bringing my charger around. So that's 8 hours, and I'll be running a lot of stuff in the background, which absolutely drains my battery life.
I also like using my laptop at airports when traveling, and finding a charger can be a royal pain. I've had multiple occasions when my laptop battery died and I just couldn't use it, and I get something like 3 hours battery life (which is pretty decent for a laptop).
I also WFH 3x/week, so it's not uncommon for me to work from the couch or walk around the house when on boring calls all day.
I'm plugged in most of the time most days, but exceptions do happen, and it's nice to not have to worry about battery life. I hope this anecdote helps.
Oh! Oh ho no, boohoo! Mr. Double-Shift-Back-to-Back isn't able to carry a charger to use at the 176 outlets in his building.
Sounds like you don't need a good PC, you need a union.
I mean, I can and do carry my charger, I just prefer not to. I have needed to leave a meeting to go fetch a charger, as have my coworkers, which is disruptive. Having >8 hours battery life would mean I would never need to think about the battery any more, I could just use the laptop all day and plug it in at night, just like my phone.