Except I've not once seen anyone use a surface in any configuration but "laptop". And plugged in, always plugged in, is battery life really that bad on those t

Except I've not once seen anyone use a surface in any configuration but "laptop". And plugged in, always plugged in, is battery life really that bad on those things? I recall a fellow consultant in the field whipping his out mid-day at a job and it's totally flatlined.