Surface Book 2 Trackpad and Keyboard Lag

Anonymous
2017-12-12T09:53:55+00:00

Hi. I have a brand new, i7 256 Surface Book 2 with an annoying problem. The trackpad and keyboard both exhibit huge lag when running on battery power, with anything less than "Better Performance". Even then, it's not perfect unless you go for the 'Best Performance' setting.

When running in battery mode, it's easy to appreciate that more people might be using the trackpad rather than a mouse (for portability) so why this won't function properly on the lower power saving modes, is confusing to say the least. One would expect the keyboard to work cum-what-may. 

I've never experienced this issue with my Surface Pros and feel rather disappointed given the cost or the Book 2.

Any fixes please, other than disabling the two-finger pinch to zoom function?

*** I no longer seem to be experiencing this issue ***

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-27T17:19:04+00:00

    I  have found that turning off the "Pinch to Zoom" feature in the Trackpad settings helps.  It's not perfect, but it's better.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-01-25T06:29:39+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-01-25T06:28:28+00:00

    I have the same problem.

    I expected near perfection from a $3200 laptop and I did not receive it.

    This happens both when I'm using the dock and when I'm not using the dock, when I'm plugged into AC and when I'm using the battery.

    Is there any workaround besides installing Ubuntu?

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-25T05:36:42+00:00

    Yeah... laggy mouse with a $3200 laptop is pretty ****.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-01-24T03:54:31+00:00

    I'm experiencing the same issues (SB2 15" 512GB). I have found that putting the performance slider on battery to "Battery Saver" removes the keyboard lag and trackpad issues. This has to be some sort of power management issue or something, since I seem to have pretty poor battery life as well.  I'm testing battery saver now, and battery life already seems much better (25 minutes I'm still reading 100%, whereas I dropped 8% battery in 25 minutes earlier).

    On mine, the lag occurs when plugged in as well. I'll try the slider setting the next time it happens when on battery, so thanks for the idea.

    Hopefully, Microsoft will resolve this issue so we don't have to resort to such things to get what should be normal performance out of these $2500+ machines.

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