Microsft launched a few years ago, the Surface RT and Surface Pro range. While it is true that the RT range could have been an alternative to iPad, its lack of resources and the inability to install any type of application limited its success, forcing the company to focus solely on the Surface Pro.
Microsoft has returned to the charge to try to get part of the market share that the iPad has today with the Surface Go, a tablet with some modest features but it is managed inside by Windows 10, in its S version, but that can be freely updated to the Home and Pro version without limitations.
Windows 10 S, is a light version of Windows 10 that offers us as the main limitation not being able to install any application we want, but we have to limit ourselves to those that are available in the Microsoft Store. For certain areas, such as education and business, it is a very good idea, but if you take it out of there, the market of potential clients is reduced, hence the Redmon-based company Allow us to eliminate this mode and skip the limitation it offers us.
The Surface Go is available in various versions of storage and RAM, but all of them share some basic characteristics that I detail below.
| Processor | Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y 1.6 GHz | |||
| RAM | 4/8 GB depending on the model | |||
| Storage | 64 GB eMMC - 128 GB SSD - 256 GB SSD | |||
| Screen | 10 inches - 1.800 x 1.200 resolution - 3: 2 ratio | |||
| Local | USB-C port | headphone jack | microSD card reader | |
| Dimensions | 243 | 8 x 175 | 2 and 7 | 6 mm |
| Autonomy | 9 hours | |||
| Prisoner | 544 grams | |||
Like the iPad and iPad Pro, Microsoft makes a series of accessories available to us in case we want to expand the possibilities it offers us, such as the Type Cover with integrated trackpad (from $ 99 to $ 129), Surface Pen ($ 99) and the mouse ($ 39). At the back we find a retractable support that allows us to place this device in any position.
Surface Go price and availability
The company has announced that from August 2, the Surface Go is available in a large number of countries, including Spain. Although the prices in euros have not been confirmed, we can get an idea of the conversion that will apply. Below I detail the prices of the different configuration models offered by Microsoft's Surface Go.
- Surface Go with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage with Windows Home S: 399 dollars.
- Surface Go with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage with Windows Pro S: 449 dollars.
- Surface Go with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of SSD storage with Windows Home S: 549 dollars.
- Surface Go with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of SSD storage with Windows Pro S: 599 dollars.
- Surface Go with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage with LTE connection: pending to confirm availability and price.
