Which doesn't seem bad, but for a work day, it's the difference between having to charge during work and not worrying about it until I'm done for the day anyway.Īlso, I still need to shutdown the SP8 when I don't need to use it for awhile, but the SPX standby is so good. Even with the screen at 60Hz, the SP8 is around 2hrs less. I get 8+ hrs screen time out of the SPX in a day. SP8 doesn't have a problem there at all.īattery life doesn't compare for me, even in casual usage. If I know I have to preview a 3D print before printing, I use my desktop instead. And then the preview is even slower, almost unusable in that view. I use my Surface for basic 3D object design and 3D printing. But where it does matter is GPU performance. Sure, SP8 is snappier, but it's not gamechanging. I'm a pretty casual user (heavy workloads and gaming are for my PC) and they both operate similarly for me. I have both and still can't decide what I'm keeping. I'd love to see more of these devices, but Microsoft themselves are the only people who can make them successful and frankly their track history (Windows Phone and so on) makes me doubt their will and commitment. It's an expensive device and for all their "it still runs all your favourite apps*" there is a pretty big asterisk that says "well maybe not ALL of them. Until not that long ago you were limited to 32 bit applications which basically meant you were locked in to either really old (32 bit) versions or really new (ARM) versions of programs and anything in the middle you were up the creek without a paddle.įrom a marketing perspective they needed to be more honest and upfront about those limitations. It needed more drive to get developers to support Windows on ARM, more work from Microsoft to make that easy to do, and for older programs a more comprehensive platform to emulate older programs. Make something that could be great and then just get bored or fail to follow through. Pretty much standard operating procedure for Microsoft. Where it is let down is support, execution and marketing. A far more efficient processor geared towards mobile devices is definitely a good thing for battery life and portability.
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