The maximum you can get is 6 hours before the device goes into battery saver mode.

Lol, the battery life on this device is nowhere closed to advertised. I observed this on my HP Envy PC as well. I made sure that no unnecessary startup apps exist etc. Yes, I have checked the task manager to see what programs are taking up so much power, they were none. In a silent room, you can clearly hear the fan noise on this device without any major programs running. But it started happening after I updated a surface firmware through windows update I believe.įan noise and Battery life: Well, I know that some of this is caused by Intel chips. I reached out to the tech support, they said its a hardware issue. Apparently nobody on this forum cared about it. Screen issues: After a few days, when turning on the device the screen became distorted. The first few days were pretty normal, I was happy and then it started: My first laptop studio arrived on December 20th or so (yes, i am using a 2nd device read on). The realization hit me - they are no different than other laptops in the market and sometimes even worse. The reasons to choose Surface were obvious, the laptops are made by the creator of windows itself, Panos confidence on the stage while doing the presentation, the sick trailers of the products and the above 4.5 user ratings of the products made this a no brainer for me.Īfter spending close to three months with the device, I have realized that nothing could be further from truth.

I mean, if you decided to stick with Windows and if you are willing to spend the money, what other device to choose than the best of Windows ecosystem i.e. I had recently bought a HP PC, it gave me a lot of trouble in terms of stability of the OS, so I returned it and spent additional amount to purchase Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio. (Comparing them is not the point of this post).

And once WSL started gaining more traction and to see how seamlessly it integrates with Windows, I decided to stick to Windows for long term. There are many reasons for this: better multitasking, easier to understand UI etc. Alright, to begin with I like Windows more than Mac OS.

Surface laptop go windows 10 pro