The most effective optimizations will probably be on the driver level, which microsoft would have little say over (in terms of the surface, they should but they

The most effective optimizations will probably be on the driver level, which microsoft would have little say over (in terms of the surface, they should but they're weak in the hardware game). Here's a question complaining about 1/2 battery life for ubuntu, and an answerer said they were able to match the battery life by using proprietary drivers. http://askubuntu.com/questions/158778/why-does-ubuntu-have-about-2x-shorter-battery-life-than-os-x-on-macbook http://askubuntu.com/questions/158778/why-does-ubuntu-have-a...