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Okay, thanks. I'll need to go ahead and let mine run down a bit and test it, because I've started all of my tests at around 88%. That means that the SB2 could be dropping the charge rate at around 90% specifically and finishing with a trickle charge. I'll let mine run down today and then see...

I just use the SB2 15". However, if I had the money, I'd very seriously consider getting an HP Spectre x360 13 -- that's a great little system that's very easy to carry around.

Great, thanks. What I believe I've discovered (haven't confirmed because mine hasn't run down that low yet) is that the system starts out at 40+ watts charge rate, and then as it approaches 90% it starts to drop off and then trickle charges as it approaches 100%. I suspect that yours maintained...

So, I saw a thread over at the Reddit subgroup (SB2 Faulty Charger • r/Surface) that has me wondering. The thread questions whether the SB2 15-inch power supply is providing full power or if the SB2 15-inch is receiving full power from the supply. If you have an SB2 15-inch, could you run...

In my experience, running the calibration tool creates a separate profile dubbed "sRGB display profile with display hardware configuration data derived from calibration." It's the same whether you start in RGB or Enhanced mode. Honestly, I think it looks better in all respects, including...

Okay, so I ran a test encoding a 420MB file to H.264 using Handbrake, with the SB2 15" power slider at "Best performance." It took roughly 11 minutes, and throughout the process the CPU was pegged at 100% and it varied between 2.2GHz and 2.6GHz.

I'll run a test or two and see if I can duplicate this. I do benchmarks with Handbrake (which doesn't use the GPU) and so I have that handy (no near-pun intended), and I don't remember it acting like you describe during my tests. But I'll run some encodes and see what happens.

I was going to answer similarly. If it's an application that can utilize the GPU, then the CPU won't be maximized. However, if it's an application that does NOT use the GPU, then the CPU should be maxed out. As you indicate, you can check out the Task Manager to see which GPU, if either, is...

So, I pulled out my Surface Pen (newest version) to try out with my SB2 15-inch. Hadn't used it yet. I was enjoying ink performance in landscape mode -- pretty much immediate inking with zero lag, great tilt, etc. All as I expected. Then, I switch to portrait mode (using the Windows 10...

Just opened up Outlook 2016 on my SB2 15", no problems.

Just wanted to bump this one real quick -- is nobody else seeing it? There's a Microsoft Community thread about it (Surface Book 2 Trackpad and Keyboard Lag) along with a Reddit thread (Surface book 2 touchpad pointer lag • r/Surface) so I'm surprised nobody here is seeting this.

Yeah, that guy knows his stuff but he's stuck in the '90s for sure.

Just a note: I believe you have to run the utility as an administrator in order to change the settings.

Here's a nice little utility that tells your system status and also provides a good description of how everything is setup. GRC | InSpectre  

So, you just turned off CVE-2017-5715, but left CVE-2017-5754 enabled. On mine, both are disabled. Interestingly, I don't have the last line in CVE-2017-5754 listed (this one): Windows OS support for PCID performance optimization is enabled: True [not required for security] That must be due to...

Those are actually one step, right? Running the commands creates the new registry keys... just want to make sure I did the right thing. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I'm still hoping Microsoft breaks down and at least offers a larger power supply. There's some headroom in the Surface Connect port -- if they maxed it out at 120 watts, that would give 25 watts of additional power before the battery started to drain. For many use cases, that might be...

Awesome, thanks for the report. By the way, I ran the update but it gave zero feedback -- did yours give any kind of indication that it worked when you ran it? Also, I went ahead and implemented the manual registry update as well. I'm thinking it probably just duplicated whatever the update...

I do believe that Intel's first attempt to fix this was wonky, and that the next fix won't have so profound an impact. I expect some slowdown, but not what I've been experiencing. The touchpad and keyboard shouldn't be lagging the way it does, for example. And at worst, I expect the SB2 to...

So, Microsoft pushed out some methods for mitigating the Intel Spectre Variant 2 patch that's suspected as causing so many issues. I'm pretty convinced the patch/firmware update is the root cause of the recent slowdown my SB2 15" has experienced -- I've applied the patch, but haven't been able...