DI Burnside wrote:You didn’t install AC in your shed ? Poor planning\design....
Careless Whisperer wrote:I've finally found a weakness with my Pro 4... it can't handle this heat any better than I can.
Today, I'm having to do my drawings in bursts of 45 minutes, then turn it off to cool down for a bit, otherwise it's shutting itself down.
Arse.
Careless Whisperer wrote:Have any of you Surface Pro users been experiencing battery problems recently?
In the past month or so, I've had a few occasions where my SP4 has just shut off without warning when on battery power. When plugged in and restarted it shows the battery as empty, even though I'd only had between 0.5 to 2 hours usage since fully charged. Most days I still get the normal circa 6-7 hours battery life I'd expect form my type of usage, so it isn't a consistent issue.
A spot of Googling suggests this isn't an unknown problem, but there isn't a fix yet. I'm just running a couple of updates now in the hope it might sort things.
It's a bit of a bummer as I have got used to using my SP4 in meetings instead of paper and a pen. Will be a bit of a catastrophe if it dies during a meeting...
Deuteronomy wrote:I've noticed the battery life isn't as good as it used to be, but that seems to be the way of all battery devices.
Careless Whisperer wrote:
If I can't at least go into an hour long meeting with confidence it will last throughout, then it's scrap to me.
That sort of thing p*sses me off bigtime on devices when they're only 3 or 4 years old. Perhaps I'm the odd one out, but I expect equipment to last longer when it's been a significant investment.
CJ+ wrote:Careless Whisperer wrote:
If I can't at least go into an hour long meeting with confidence it will last throughout, then it's scrap to me.
This is fair, but thisThat sort of thing p*sses me off bigtime on devices when they're only 3 or 4 years old. Perhaps I'm the odd one out, but I expect equipment to last longer when it's been a significant investment.
is misplaced.
IT kit is never an investment - it's effectively a consumable, like toilet paper or instant coffee. There's a reason corp IT depts depreciate stuff down to zero over a three-year period. You should do the same. If it's something you use daily and on which your business depends, you should be replacing it before it turns into an unreliable liability.
Also, if you've had a SP4 for 3 years then it's cost you a little over a quid a day. That's not too bad, is it?
span wrote:(although the 'g' key doesn't work, I have 'g' permanently on my clipboard and ctrl V every time I need to use it, which gets annoying when I use another computer because it's totally automatic now. So time for a change I think)
Deuteronomy wrote:What makes you think a cheap laptop will be any more reliable CW?
Careless Whisperer wrote:My Wife's £250 Toshiba is about 4 years old and still going strong, despite being abused by wife and kids. Obviously doesn't have the functionality of the SP4, but cost about a fifth of the price too.
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