Just because basicallyadoctor isn ' t around much any more doesn ' t mean you have to ramp up your autism to replace him . <| sep |> Can you pm me ? <| sep |> Yeah , that ' s weird . I think the Verge also clocked a really great battery life . Maybe you got a lemon ? I know I had to return my Surface Pro 3 originally , so perhaps its a similar quality control issue . I ended up buying the next model up from you , the Surface Book w Performance Base 16 gb , 512 gb , etc , since it came to a $ 400 difference . I will have to let you know the battery life once I take it out of the box . I ' m still a little iffy if I ' m going to keep it , but I originally figured 8 gb of RAM is pushing it if I ' m expecting this laptop to last 3 years , which , obviously , we are . I think 16 gb offers some future proofing . Frankly , its better to go over than under specswise , simply because we can ' t upgrade the devices later .