There's a lot about the SP3 I've liked over the SP2, but all since it came out of the box the battery life has been significantly worse and the fans will kick on during extremely light tasks.
Just to put the situation into perspective; I've done nothing but sit on WPCentral for the past 38 minutes and I've lost 13% of my battery life (if you're doing the math, that means I get just under 5hrs battery life)... where even a bad day on my Surface Pro 2 resulted in a 7hr run. Connected Standby hides my power options, hides my time remaining estimate, it seems like the only mode on this computer in which being even a little bit over 30% brightness makes it gripe about "your current brightness might reduce battery life"... and it has total control over the "Sleep" option so if I kill it in regedit, I can only shut down, restart and hibernate. Killing Connected Standby does seem to solve my problems with battery life though, and my fans exhibit 'normal' behavior.
I've tried life with the power button/lid close making it hibernate, and it not only seems to take longer than a coldboot - but breaks my WiFi every single time. I'm about ready to submit to a life where I simply power down and coldboot all the time. Anyone else do this already? ...or have any solutions to my Connected Standby woes?
Just to put the situation into perspective; I've done nothing but sit on WPCentral for the past 38 minutes and I've lost 13% of my battery life (if you're doing the math, that means I get just under 5hrs battery life)... where even a bad day on my Surface Pro 2 resulted in a 7hr run. Connected Standby hides my power options, hides my time remaining estimate, it seems like the only mode on this computer in which being even a little bit over 30% brightness makes it gripe about "your current brightness might reduce battery life"... and it has total control over the "Sleep" option so if I kill it in regedit, I can only shut down, restart and hibernate. Killing Connected Standby does seem to solve my problems with battery life though, and my fans exhibit 'normal' behavior.
I've tried life with the power button/lid close making it hibernate, and it not only seems to take longer than a coldboot - but breaks my WiFi every single time. I'm about ready to submit to a life where I simply power down and coldboot all the time. Anyone else do this already? ...or have any solutions to my Connected Standby woes?