They shouldnt use anything more than 10%. Kill them if they do (okay, maybe not DWM, but certainly something would be wrong if DWM uses more than 10%)
Battery Life TERRIBLE after last update
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kevinlevrone
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I can't get more than 4 hours of battery life out of the SP3 (I have it for 4-5 days). On the SP2 I could get 6-7 hours 
My powercfg /energy looks completely fine.
My powercfg /energy looks completely fine.
TestudoAubreii
Member
I thought I would chime in and see if this is normal. I had a 100% charge and watched the series finale of Sons of Anarchy using VLC. The episode's run time is 1:17, and at the end I checked my battery and it was at 74%. This is after the update. Does that seem right?
Give us more information, how is it configured? What applications are you using? Browser of Choice? Brightness Levels? Is it fully patched with all Firmware Updates?I can't get more than 4 hours of battery life out of the SP3 (I have it for 4-5 days). On the SP2 I could get 6-7 hours
My powercfg /energy looks completely fine.
VLC MUI or Desktop? Brightness Level? How was the video encoded? No way to tell if it is normal without more information...
TestudoAubreii
Member
It was the Desktop version, .AVI/680 MBs and 50% brightness level.
Using a desktop app utilizing a legacy media wrapper, your battery drain seems reasonable....
TestudoAubreii
Member
Should I use the MUI VLC, or is there another media player that I can use to help out with battery life?
I just rebooted my SP3 from scratch. I'll post any differences but so far seems like I am back to getting approx. 8 hours on a charge. Think it stinks I had to start all over but wanted to make sure everything was clean.
Only thing I can't do is double click the pen top for screenshot into OneNote. I posted separate thread for help on that.
Only thing I can't do is double click the pen top for screenshot into OneNote. I posted separate thread for help on that.
Any MUI App will work better than a Win32 Application as far as battery life is concerned, also using MP4 as a file format will vastly improve you battery life.
kristalsoldier
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Does this apply to the Office suite as well?
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