Microsoft Surface Go

silvagti · 10 Jul 2018 at 20:11

Microsoft’s $399 Surface Go aims to stand out from iPads or Chromebooks

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/10/17552250/microsoft-surface-go-tablet-competition-ipad-chromebooks

Microsoft's latest bid to win back the education and consumer tablet sector from Apple.

Looks interesting but I fear it's still too expensive to tempt people away from their iDevices. Especially as by the time you buy it in 8gb/128gb and add a keyboard cover you're approaching £650!

Still, specs seem decent and being Microsoft the fit/finish will likely be a cut above other OEMs

Hades · 11 Jul 2018 at 01:20

I think the price is OK. But other things may prevent it being a success. I do applaud MS for trying. I have considered something similar but my thinking always went like this:

* Hey this looks great I should get one. It would be fantastic as a mobile productivity device for commuting or on holiday.
* Hang on it doesn't run the millions of iPad or Android apps. So I'd need to buy one of those too.
* If I'm carrying an iPad or Android tablet then I may as well consider a more useful laptop instead of this device.

...and I keep coming back to a laptop and a tablet instead of just this 2-in1.

Sp00n · 11 Jul 2018 at 11:03

Seems a bit pointless, it's an expensive tablet that doesn't run iOS/Android apps and even with the crappy keyboard cover and kickstand it's not a particularly good laptop until you throw a load of options at it which makes it overpriced for what it is.

SC0TTRS · 11 Jul 2018 at 11:10

Sp00n said:
Seems a bit pointless, it's an expensive tablet that doesn't run iOS/Android apps and even with the crappy keyboard cover and kickstand it's not a particularly good laptop until you throw a load of options at it which makes it overpriced for what it is.

Yea it does seem a bit pointless like, who's it's target market? Your not going to get iPad users changing anytime soon, same with Chromebook users, and hardware spec is kind of slow so why produce a crap version of the Surface?..

413x · 11 Jul 2018 at 17:52

Windows simply doesn't work Well as a tablet.
Apps just aren' t there

silvagti · 13 Jul 2018 at 20:47

413x said:
Windows simply doesn't work Well as a tablet.
Apps just aren' t there

That's kind of the key issue Microsoft has in that however good they make the device and no matter how keenly they price it the reality is nobody wants a Windows tablet because there aren't anywhere near enough touch screen apps on the platform available in the windows store.