6/4/2023 0 Comments Surface pro 8 battery testI'm surprised you can't get 10 hours with normal usage. I should get a full working day done and charge in under 2 hours. 2 devices would have been a royal pain in the backside to manage/decide over even with combined better battery life. So even if processor, battery, screen, touch are all lower quality: Overall I made massive saving, better convenience and still very very decent quality. I had the option of M1 Air + iPad = $1800 or SPX = $900 (all accessories) and went for the latter. because they want to sell iPads and Macs still. I will be using it for full working day once I start commuting with it shortly so will see how if fairs but it will be a improvement on my old laptop.Īs for battery just such a crying shame Apple won't create their own M1 2-in-1. But SPX so far is fine for battery for light use. I used it multiple times over 2 days, put it into sleep after only a 70-80 charge and it was only down to 54%.įor sure Apple has a clear edge on their hardware. The surface goes into hibernation within 2 hours because something has exceeded the "5% battery budget" while in sleep. Battery life varies significantly with settings, usage and other factors." All settings were default except screen brightness was set to 150nits with Auto-Brightness and Adaptive Colour disabled. The active use portion consists of (1) a web browsing test accessing 8 popular websites over multiple open tabs, (2) a productivity test utilising Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook, and (3) a portion of time with the device in use with idle applications. Testing consisted of full battery discharge with a mixture of active use and modern standby. Testing conducted by Microsoft in August 2021 using preproduction software and preproduction Intel® 11th Gen Core™ i5-1135G7, 256GB, 8GB RAM device. " Surface Pro 8 battery life: Up to 16 hours of battery life based on typical Surface device usage. Their full description from the SP8 specs page (similar for other devices): Yeah, I've been considering making a thread to discuss Microsoft's ridiculous definition of battery life, the worst of which is that they don't say how many hours it's in modern standby.
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