windows 8 tab battery experience

[jehugo]

Hi-I really would like to get another win 8 tab (had a surface ) but what frustrated me to no end was the battery drain while the tab was not in use (sleep). I really don't like apple products but I have an old ipad 2 which would not make a dent in battery drain while asleep.

Do any of the current win 8 tabs improve upon this shortcoming?

Thanks for any help.

 

[WillysJeepMan]

Hi-I really would like to get another win 8 tab (had a surface ) but what frustrated me to no end was the battery drain while the tab was not in use (sleep). I really don't like apple products but I have an old ipad 2 which would not make a dent in battery drain while asleep.

Do any of the current win 8 tabs improve upon this shortcoming?

Thanks for any help.

Unfortunately, no. At least none that I'm aware of... and I've been looking. I too appreciate how little to no battery drain is experienced on my iPads.

Having said that, there are ways to work around the deficiencies in how the Surface RT/2 manages the battery in connected standby.

The two biggest culprits: live tiles and email fetching. I've disabled live tile updates and changed email fetching to manual. Made a big improvement. Not iPad level improvement, but significantly better than it was before. There is also the need to make sure that drivers are properly installed.

 

[jehugo]

Thanks for the info!