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This is addressed directly in the article.

• karmakaze 7y ago
  I read the article which is mostly spent making excuses for iOS and how it will eventually get better. Maybe one day and Esc key. And ending with: > In the past, I've written about how devices like Surface Go are the perfect venn diagram of productivity and portability—and remain convinced that Microsoft's approach is the right one, allowing a tiny tablet to do run full desktop apps. > But, what Microsoft still doesn't have is a good enough dedicated tablet software story yet: Surface Go is one of my favorite devices in years, but its problem is a lack of tablet-mode apps worth using. If it had better battery life, that might be worth the compromise in the opposite direction, but that'll need to be addressed in future revisions. This last bit didn't really fit with what was being done on the iPad, writing. Was it also supposed to play casual touch-screen games, I don't know. As for the battery life, I can code all day running Chrome, VS Code or IntelliJ, and a WSL session before consuming a full charge.
  • rchaud 7y ago
    Which Surface Pro model is getting you all-day battery life? I had a SP3 (which, granted is pretty old now), and things like Chrome made it run so hot that the battery would run down to 0 in about 5-6 hours. Even with Firefox, it would run so hot that it'd become unusable in your hands as a tablet. Looking up the specs of the SP6, it looks like it still weighs around 800g, which is nearly double that of the 11" iPad Pro. The SP3 had the same weight, and that hurt its usability as a tablet as well.
    • karmakaze 7y ago
      Surface Go. The Surface Pro 6 should be comparable. Reviews say 6h for the Go and 5.5h for the Pro 6.