Surface Go, the tablet that can also do a little 'of the PC

Microsoft with Surface Go offers an "enriched" tablet experience. Smaller and less powerful Surface Pro comes with Windows 10 S at a lower price, but the best experience is only possible with a keyboard and a stylus to buy separately and at the end …

The Family Surface [19459006MicrosofthasbeenenrichedwithnewapparevailableatamoredemocraticpriceIt'scalling Surface Go which comes with a design almost comparable to that of Surface Pro a ten inch screen, so smaller, but still with the support of back that we have come to know and a reduced thickness to only 8.3 mm for about 522 grams of weight. Surface Go offers itself as a sample of certain portability also for dimensions, and with the necessary adjustments, also at the price, it competes, as a form factor, with the iPad Pro proposed. Go offers with Windows 10 S preinstalled, the transition to Windows 10 Home is however free, a pity that Microsoft also offers in this case the keyboard ( Surface Go Signature Type Cover ) as an option, as it is also optional Surface Pen .

These are accessories that could "turn" the device into a complete computer system, but that offered separately increase the price.

With regard to hardware equipment, Microsoft has worked to keep all its margins, offering customers a cheaper product. The display – PixelSense Display – has a resolution of 1800 × 1200 pixels, reduced compared to the Surface Pro version (although Microsoft was able to reduce the final price). Also nothing Intel Core iX, but a processor Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y (a processor that can do without active dissipation and therefore allows to be even quieter) with 4 or 8 GB of Ram, and the eMMC flash storage memory or SSD respectively 64 and 128 GB.

As for the expansion possibilities and Surface Go interfaces has the same Connect charging system as standard on the other surface, USB-C 3.1 , a headphone jack and a microSD card reader, plus Microsoft among the accessories entered Surface Mobile Mouse . For the first months, Surface Go will only be available in the version with WiFi connectivity, no support for LTE navigation via Sim. Starting at a suggested price of 459 euros, Surface Go is the new entry point for the family Surface .

Microsoft is a wise decision. The price of Surface Go in the basic configuration is 459 euros, which in our opinion should always be added at least 129.99 € for the keyboard. Because if you need a simple tablet instead, we do not see the reason to choose one with Windows 10 compared to Android or iOS.

At this point, we are spending about 560 euros. Too bad that the version with 128 GB, absolutely to advise if you plan to use the device at least as a computer system costs 619.99 euros, so in this case by adding the accessories we are getting closer to the price of the camera. a laptop, but without being able to have the same performance of Intel Core iX.

And of course in no case we allowed the purchase of Surface Pen which should complete the experiment properly.

Also Surface Go in our opinion thus consistently inscribed in Microsoft's strategy of proposing a series of possible variations of the Windows 10 potentials on various factors of form. Certainly in this case, however, it is not possible to convey the idea of ​​a complete proposal for the calculation, and therefore the positioning of the product as a tablet is correct, also due to the capabilities of calculated not comparable to those offered by .