What is the fatal weakness of Win8 notebook

Computer shop news: chaotic dual-mode operating system, there is no "start" button, there are common sliding gestures, will not bring bad luck to Win8 system. The real Achilles heel of Win8 is its short battery life.
Please see the analysis of laptopmag.com below: Before the launch of Win8, the average battery life of portable laptops has been gradually extended. As of September this year, ultraportable notebooks (Ultraportables in the picture, equipped with 11 to 13-inch screens and weighing less than 4 pounds) are 6 hours and 52 minutes (LAPTOP battery test: surfing the Internet via Wi-Fi, the screen brightness is 40%). A typical portable notebook (12 to 14 inches, weighing less than 6 pounds) is around 6 hours and 40 minutes.
However, when we added the Win8 laptop, these averages fell faster than Steve Ballmer's hairline. By November, the average value of the ultra-portable class was reduced by half an hour, and the average value of the general portable class was also reduced by 10 minutes.


before we tested 11 models of Win 8 laptops, most ultra-portable, where the life time of less than five hours six, only two more than six hours. The average battery life of all these devices is 5 hours and 8 minutes, and it is impossible for users to use the whole day.
Even with our favorite four Win 8 laptops, their battery life is less than a relatively short time. The Dell XPS 12 lasted 5 hours and 46 minutes, and Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga had 6 hours and 18 minutes.

is what shortens the life of these laptops do? The answer is simple: not Win8 is the touch screen, or both contribute.
We can compare the Toshiba Satellite P845t-S4310 and the Toshiba Satellite P845-S4200. These two notebooks are equipped with the same CPU, RAM and hard disk. The only difference is that the former is equipped with a touch screen, running Win8, the latter is not a touch screen, running Win7. guess what? Their battery life is 1 hour and 24 minutes.
Next, let's take a look at the HP Envy 4-1030us Ultrabook and Envy TouchSmart Ultrabook 4, which have the same specifications, but the latter uses a touch screen and Win8. As a result, the former has a life time of 6 hours and 18 minutes, and the latter has only 5 hours and 36 minutes. What about the Acer Aspire V5-571P and the Acer Aspire V5-571? They also carry the same CPU. The results of this time are very interesting. Their battery life is around 4 hours and 10 minutes.
The most disappointing is the Acer Aspire S7. This 13-inch ultra-portable version is priced at $1,699 (equivalent to about RMB 10,600) and weighs only 2.8 pounds (1.27 kg), but the battery life is only 4 hours and 10 minutes. . The price is so expensive, should this life time be at least doubled? Choosing a large battery (which will increase the size and weight of the S7) will cost an additional $150. Acer should consider giving away one free one.
Our sample size is really small, but in theory, these laptops should be a new force for consumers to like Win 8, we will of course feel that laptop manufacturers will show their best level, The result is the best level?
























Microsoft also boasted that Surface Pro is the first "work level" tablet, but there is not enough battery capacity, it can't work.
I think that in terms of the adoption of Win8, manufacturers and Microsoft face many challenges from design to pricing. However, before solving the most basic problem, that is, providing good endurance time, solving other problems is doing nothing.