Surface Pro to have half the battery life of the RT version

4. dickwyn posted on 30 Nov 2012, 05:54 1

given it has a i5 in it it is pretty good to me and its like 16/13mm thick

8. darac posted on 30 Nov 2012, 06:30 0

Yeah but it's also almost twice heavier than standard tablets. Not to mention the price.

Intel will be able to enter a true tablet market only with the next generation of Atom

10. JeffdaBeat posted on 30 Nov 2012, 06:32 2

Most ultra books last longer than that...

3. dickwyn posted on 30 Nov 2012, 05:53 1

yeah but the transformer has the keyboard dock

7. darkskoliro posted on 30 Nov 2012, 06:01 2

but? dont they both have it

18. Commentator posted on 30 Nov 2012, 11:53 0

The difference is the Transformer has a huge battery in its keyboard dock, whereas the Surface's keyboard dock is just a keyboard.

I don't care about battery life all that much, and I am planning on picking up a Surface Pro when it launches, but 4-5 (i.e. 4 hours) is still pretty disappointing.

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14. asulect posted on 30 Nov 2012, 06:58 1

Can someone design a back cover/kickstand with a efficient solar panel so the tablet can be charged while you are using it?

9. darac posted on 30 Nov 2012, 06:32 0

Exactly

11. JeffdaBeat posted on 30 Nov 2012, 06:37 2

I'm not really sure the perception comes from ignorant or unfair viewers of the Surface Pro. In a lot of ways, Microsoft is promoting this as how a tablet should be. Basically, a tablet doesn't need to be a larger smartphone (this I agree with!). But in the end, it's still a tablet, otherwise they would have made an UltraBook. But even compared with UltraBooks, the battery life on this thing is terrible. Reminds me of the battery life I got out of my Dell Inspiron back in 2003. Although I'm absolutely sure it will get better, it doesn't mean we don't discuss the current state of it...

13. darac posted on 30 Nov 2012, 06:48 2

Real tablet is something you feel easy and natural to hold.
Two pound hybrid is not such thing ..the most natural place for it is lap(while used in a sitting position) or torso (while used in a laid position). Hence, it will most be used in an ultrabook configuration.

19. hypergreatthing posted on 30 Nov 2012, 11:54 0

The fact that microsoft on their own website calls it "is a 64-bit tablet PC" makes it seem that the word, "tablet" is right there for comparisons with other tablets.

20. AppleConspiracy posted on 30 Nov 2012, 15:42 0

Well, that's Microsoft's problem.

15. jove39 posted on 30 Nov 2012, 07:25 0

Right, Anand Shimpi also recommended to wait for haswell...iintel has some power saving features coming in.

23. MC1123 posted on 02 Dec 2012, 23:55 0

me too!!! coz that rumor mill about surface family is interesting!!!coz this dont really give me a huge impression coz of that low res screen!

but will prefer the surface RT 2 coz 8.6" will be very good for me!

coz the surface pro2 with 11.6" is huge..but still not that big!! i mean most windows 8 tablet are 11.6 above (vaio 11 duo, etc)...

but still it will be great!