Surface pro 2 to target 8 hour battery life, more memory and storage

[mike123abc]

http://www.dailytech.com/Surface+Pro+2+May+Target+8+Hour+Battery+Life+With+Haswell/article33311.htm

But the pivotal question remained what to do about the power-hungry Intel chip. It appears Intel has sold Microsoft on the idea of a Haswell brain for the Surface 2. A recent analysis by AnandTech showed Intel making serious power-efficiency gains with Haswell, with a projected battery life of 8 hours with a 42.5 Wh battery. Of course these numbers were based on Apple's OS X and iOS -- but they suggest that if Microsoft does its homework on the firmware front, their may be hope that the Surface Pro 2 fixes the abysmal battery life of its predecessor.

The Surface Pro 2 is also expected -- according to Neowin -- to pack a "refined" kickstand, improving on a popular feature in the first model. It's also expected to bump the memory to 8 GB. TechRadar reports that other Surface Pro 2 rumors point to NFC, wireless charging, an LTE variant, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi support.

If they can get decent performance and battery life I would consider it for a laptop replacement.

 

[Poke]

Conflicting specs say Microsoft Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 will have Intel inside

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Conf...-Surface-Pro-2-will-have-Intel-inside_id47090

 

[mike123abc]

If they make the surface an intel processor and run full windows, does that mean they are giving up on windows RT?

 

[TheForce]

For some people the LTE radio may be important but now with phones with LTE- Wifi hotspot I don't need it. Extra ram would be nice but so far the 4Gb I have on my Surface Pro is handling everything fine.

Battery life hasn't been an issue for me. Even when supplying power to a BluRay USB drive and running dual monitors I can watch for almost 3 hours on a charge. I hadn't used the Surface Pro in 10 days and just checked and the battery was only down to 97%. Pretty good standby drain, IMO.