{"id":1602,"date":"2012-11-30T22:04:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T22:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oneminutetodolist.com\/blog\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2012-12-24T23:19:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T23:19:09","slug":"microsoft-surface-pro-pricing-announced-battery-life-looks-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/microsoft-surface-pro-pricing-announced-battery-life-looks-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface Pro Pricing Announced; Battery Life Looks Low"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 30, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you may know, I am monitoring the release of the Microsoft Surface Pro<\/a> tablet, due out in January. That\u2019s mainly because it can run a full client copy of Outlook, which is key to the MYN\/1MTD productivity solution. Keeping your task list at hand and well linked to your e-mail is core to the MYN\/1MTD systems, so anything that makes that easier\u2014like a new lightweight tablet with Outlook\u2014is important.<\/p>\n

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The latest news on that is the pricing. Pricing was just announced at $899 with 64GB and $999 with 128GB. As expected by many, it is about the same price as a low-end Ultrabook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Price Too High?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some people<\/a> are howling about that price, saying it\u2019s way too high. But I disagree\u2014we are used to paying more for mobile power, and that\u2019s what you get here: a full power laptop about the size and weight of a tablet. With the Type keyboard<\/a> attached as a cover, this will be the lightest Ultrabook by far, allowing you to keep a full copy of Outlook with all its power closer at hand than ever before. So I think it makes sense.<\/p>\n

Battery Life<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, one other factoid became apparent in this same announcement. Battery life is expected to be about half that of the Surface RT, so only about 4 or 5 hours\u2014much too short for a tablet. That life is low because it is using the same chipset used in all other recent Ultrabooks: an Ivy Bridge Core i5, but with a small 42 W-h battery. I think that short battery life is unfortunate and it may argue for waiting for the next iteration of the Surface Pro (nothing announced), which surely will use the fourth-generation Core Haswell chips that are reportedly much more power efficient. Or consider one of the Atom-based Windows 8 Pro tablets I wrote about here<\/a>\u2014and they are available now. Or, as I also discussed in that article, get a Surface RT for tablet activities, and carry a true Ultrabook for most \u201creal\u201d work.<\/p>\n

All that said, the tiny size of the Surface Pro makes it a compelling choice as a full-power Ultrabook.<\/p>\n

Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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