Originally Posted by
coolbreeze78 Kinks? This is effectively the 5th revision of the hardware with a new processor. It's reached a fully mature design state, IMO.
I guess wait forever and buy something a week before you die a natural death? I know I'm being sarcastic, but there isn't anything wrong with purchasing the 2017 SP today. It's fine.
LOLZ.
I don't think so! :-)
I decided to just go for it. Have had it for maybe a week so far.
At this point I'm pretty pleased with the device. The biggest problem
I had with my SP4 was the miserable battery life.
I seem to be getting a fairly solid 7-8 hours (I've got my battery "power mode" setting somewhere around 40% of peak). It's plenty bright for normal usage. All-in-all: battery life is now apparently adequate.
At the moment I'm a very happy customer.
If I discover something is horribly wrong with my unit, then hopefully either BestBuy or MS will be able to help with exchange, etc.
The one thing I've seen happen so far is that the device suddenly decides to turn itself off (not sure if it is sleeping or hibernating or fully off). Fortunately it is so quick to turn on again that I haven't minded too much.
- Gamely Lounges