Microsoft equips its compact convertible with a slightly larger screen and more pixels, but keeps the regular x86 processor compared to the Surface Pro X. But is the Surface Go 2 still competitive, and does the new screen affect the battery runtime?
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-Surface-Go-2-Review-Compact-Convertible-gets-a-bigger-screen.512356.0.html
The article is missing a Power Consumption section. It's one of the reasons I like Notebookcheck, since other reviewers ignore that aspect. I almost always scroll down to that section first since I'm an off-grid solar kind of person. Every watt counts!
The conclusion/recommendation seems a bit lazy.
I currently own an SP5 for my freelance accounting work and I took out an SG1 for my backup and my portable device for any office work on the fly. While it may not be as fast as the Pro brother, it certainly does the job competently. Whenever I have any urgent revisions or stuff I need to do on the road, the SG1 is so easy to pull up from my small backpack. However, it is so light it didnt cause much weight on my back whenever I have to travel.
Now if the author recommends that I consider an iPad instead, i suppose he has not tried Excel yet on it.
The review of SG2 from laptopmedia states quite the opposite on the PWM issue, actually calling it flicker-free above the lowest brightness. And they tend to stress the importance of this section. How is this even possible? SKU differences?
Not sure about their test method. We switched to a much better test equipment for PWM a while ago, which gives us much more accurate results where the old test device often reported no flickering.
About the screen itself: I did not find any specific panel ID in the review you mentioned, so it might be from another supplier.
Thank you Andreas, good to know.
Quote from: Andreas Osthoff on January 01, 2021, 16:30:33
Not sure about their test method. We switched to a much better test equipment for PWM a while ago, which gives us much more accurate results where the old test device often reported no flickering.
About the screen itself: I did not find any specific panel ID in the review you mentioned, so it might be from another supplier.
Though I always thought that display lottery affects only panel models, not a dimming method.
Quote from: Andreas Osthoff on January 01, 2021, 16:30:33
Not sure about their test method. We switched to a much better test equipment for PWM a while ago, which gives us much more accurate results where the old test device often reported no flickering.
About the screen itself: I did not find any specific panel ID in the review you mentioned, so it might be from another supplier.