surface book battery drain while shut down

I'm not sure I agree that 0.12w during shutdown is reasonable. A quick calculation shows that 24 days with this consumption will drain the battery. And again, this SHUTDOWN, not sleep! We have laptops from known competitors which can last 30 days on sleep.

Shutdown consumption should be zero or something very close to that, on the order of a few milliwatts (not tenths of watts...)

So here's what we have so far:

SLEEP: Many people (including myself) suffer a very significant power drain during sleep, which can easily drain a full battery in less then a day and risks overheating when confined in a tight bag.

HIBERNATE: Some people (including myself) cannot resume reliably, requiring a hard and very inconvenient reset/restart procedure and risking data loss/corruption.

SHUTDOWN: Some people experience high-drainage even during shutdown while others (like myself) experience a moderate drainage which is still unacceptable. In either case, shutdown as the only relevant option to power a machine temporarily is an unacceptable solution - certainly not for professional.

I'm expecting Microsoft to address this urgently, which means "work over THIS weekend" and have a firmware update by Monday AM, EST. 

Haha. If you're holding your breath should I send for the ambulance now?

I'm not sure I agree that 0.12w during shutdown is reasonable. A quick calculation shows that 24 days with this consumption will drain the battery. And again, this SHUTDOWN, not sleep! We have laptops from known competitors which can last 30 days on sleep.

Shutdown consumption should be zero or something very close to that, on the order of a few milliwatts (not tenths of watts...)

So here's what we have so far:

SLEEP: Many people (including myself) suffer a very significant power drain during sleep, which can easily drain a full battery in less then a day and risks overheating when confined in a tight bag.

HIBERNATE: Some people (including myself) cannot resume reliably, requiring a hard and very inconvenient reset/restart procedure and risking data loss/corruption.

SHUTDOWN: Some people experience high-drainage even during shutdown while others (like myself) experience a moderate drainage which is still unacceptable. In either case, shutdown as the only relevant option to power a machine temporarily is an unacceptable solution - certainly not for professional.

I'm expecting Microsoft to address this urgently, which means "work over THIS weekend" and have a firmware update by Monday AM, EST.

I wanted the dGPU model, too, since I work in Photoshop, Bridge and Lightroom for a Photoshop class I'm currently taking. As an amateur photographer, I don't want there to be any system lags, etc. However, after the 12/2 Hardware Update that apparently fixed the Intel HD Driver issues, now my Photoshop has disabled features like Perspective Warp that the video card assists with. I may have been better off with a Surface Pro 3, apparently.

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Again. How the **** can ANY laptop lose ANY power if you are in a full shutdown state? 

Plugged in at 100% I shut down. Unplugged, and overnight lost 4%!!!!

How is that possible?????

I don't think the graphics card is on much, but I don't know how to tell. My model is overpowered for what I generally do but I need that power for a few specific engineering applications I use once or twice a week.