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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by gnicholas on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:03PM (#14248866)
Does upgrading to ordinary Windows 10 impact the battery life? The touted specs are much better than Mac laptops, but those run a more fully-featured OS.
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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by tcoff91 on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:35PM (#14249201)
Probably not until you start installing non-store applications, at which case they can no longer make as strong of guarantees.
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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by paublyrne on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @03:23PM (#14249705)
Why would being in the store be the differentiator. The biggest battery killer on my laptop is Slack. And that's available through the App Store.
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Re:Introducing Surface Laptop by tatoalo on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:38PM (#14249241)
Well Windows 10 S can be compared to Chrome OS, obviously they both are less battery hungry, upgrading to a "full" Windows 10 version could impact battery life since the HW and the OS have been built as a black box product. (But we'll know for sure once it's officially released).
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