By Joe Osborne
It’s finally here: Microsoft’s fourth attempt at releasing a miniaturized Surface tablet. The Surface Go is no longer a rumor and now a reality, and while it doesn’t bring about many surprises, perhaps that’s a good thing.
What you see here is what should have been the core conceit of the Surface line since the beginning: everything you love about the Surface Pro tablet, only smaller. No half-baked operating systems, no strange app compatibility issues – just a smaller Surface that works.
Of course, there were some cuts to be made to develop a Surface of this size, namely in the power department, but your expectations should scale accordingly. The Surface Go may very well be what the Surface 3 had aspired to years ago, and it was well worth the wait.
Price and availability
Microsoft is selling the Surface Go at the relatively approachable starting price of $399 (£379, about AU$539). This nets you the starting Surface Go configuration, including an Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y processor, 4GB of memory and 64GB of flash storage.
From there, Microsoft is offering configurations with 8GB of RAM paired with 128GB or 256GB of storage, with either model having LTE options available later this year. All models …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac