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Surface Pro 2 Gets Significant Battery Boost

Posted by timothy on from the can't-beat-a-trs-80-model-100 dept.

SmartAboutThings writes "The original Surface Pro didn't have quite a good battery life and that's why Microsoft tried to fix this with the Surface Pro. After the Surface Pro 2 has hit general availability, Microsoft has silently pushed out a firmware update which, according to some new battery benchmarks run by Anandtech, made significant improvements to the battery life of the Surface Pro 2. After the new web browsing battery life test it was discovered that the Surface Pro 2 now manages better battery life than the ARM Surface 2, which is pretty impressive. With the firmware update, Microsoft was targeting over 8 hours, and AnadTech's benchmarks show Microsoft has succeeded, registering a 25% increase in battery life over the no-firmware version. The unpatched Surface Pro 2 lasted for 6.68 hours while with the firmware update installed, its battery life increased to 8.33 hours. The video playback test involved playing a movie until the battery died, and here, albeit smaller, improvements with the battery life have also been noticed: 7.73 hours compared to 6.65 hours."

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  1. Slow night? by occasional_dabbler · · Score: 4, Funny

    I like these things, hell, I bought one. I've often been accused of being a Microsoft shill on these pages, but even I think this is too dull a story for the front page.

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  2. a relevant question: by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 1, Funny

    what's the battery life of it if you install Android?

    just sayin

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    1. Re:a relevant question: by artor3 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Several weeks, maybe even months. Mostly because you won't be able to turn it on.

  3. Re:Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I bet all of the 24 Surface Pro 2 customers were really satisfied with the upgrade.

  4. Re:But, Slashdot said... by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me see if I can explain this to you. It's reasonable based upon your post to assume that you have an IQ score between 50 and 70. This means that you can have an increase of 25% in your IQ and still be less than average. So when people say you are inferior you can have an increase of 25% and still be inferior. See how that works? Of course you don't ;-)

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  5. Re:How? wheres the downside? by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Microsoft Newspeak, sitting on shelves collecting dust which is only disturbed by people with new Android and iPads walking by is a sign of fantastic sales. Tune in next week when dumping a million units in a hole in the Mojave Desert is signified by "Microsoft announces a million Surface tablets moved in the last quarter!"

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