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I purchased an Asus T100 Transformer Book (Atom Z3740) to replace my first generation iPad, which Apple has slowly butchered with OS updates over the last four years.
I realize the T100 is far from perfect but, for my uses, it is almost perfect. The biggest problem I have is that in order to stop the battery from draining to nothing in less than a day, I need to completely power-down the device every time I stop using it. This involves closing all running apps. This is a complete pain for me.
I have learned of Windows 8.1's Connected Standby. I understand it is not supposed to drain much battery life but, in my case, it is ruining my experience with this device. I don't know why the battery is draining so quickly but I feel the operating system is to blame for not providing some sort of sleep or hibernation function that I could use to stop the battery from being depleted when I'm not using the device.
I'm not very familiar with the technical reasons why the Z3740 functions only with Connected Standby and why a sleep or hibernation option is not available. Does anyone know what the feasibility of adding a sleep or hibernate to the T100 is? Does the UEFI completely prevent this? Is a third-party solution possible? If MS wanted to allow for the option, could they?
Thanks,
David
I realize the T100 is far from perfect but, for my uses, it is almost perfect. The biggest problem I have is that in order to stop the battery from draining to nothing in less than a day, I need to completely power-down the device every time I stop using it. This involves closing all running apps. This is a complete pain for me.
I have learned of Windows 8.1's Connected Standby. I understand it is not supposed to drain much battery life but, in my case, it is ruining my experience with this device. I don't know why the battery is draining so quickly but I feel the operating system is to blame for not providing some sort of sleep or hibernation function that I could use to stop the battery from being depleted when I'm not using the device.
I'm not very familiar with the technical reasons why the Z3740 functions only with Connected Standby and why a sleep or hibernation option is not available. Does anyone know what the feasibility of adding a sleep or hibernate to the T100 is? Does the UEFI completely prevent this? Is a third-party solution possible? If MS wanted to allow for the option, could they?
Thanks,
David
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