NEW Microsoft Surface Go 2 - 10.5" Touch-Screen - Intel Core m3 - 8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - Wifi + LTE - Platinum (Latest Model)

I'm writing this review today on my new Surface Go 2, just to test out the keypad's real usability vs normal sized keyboards, and so far, I do notice the keys are closer together than on a normal keyboard. I've used the keyboard off and on before this, but this time should be a really good test of whether the keyboard is usable on a professional level for extended typing.So far, I can honestly say that I think I'll get used to this pretty quick- the muscle memory is already starting to form for the new form factor.Since I bought this to be my everyday ultraportable that can handle all my business needs including managing all my emails from several accounts, R&D all day, basically having at least 10 tabs open all day, and remote desktop administration and everyday remote use of my heavy artillery from literally anywhere with my prepaid TMobile sim card (this feature was a deal maker for me - I cant stand esims and the greedy carrier contracts they enable)There were sooooo many reviews about this being slow. I think anyone trying to use this as a desktop replacement or as a workstation laptop or as a gaming tablet is not taking into consideration what it is they have in their hands.This is none of those three, it is clearly much thinner, smaller, lighter, and power efficient than any of those, so how it could do that and still be able to run zbrush at a high resolution or marvelous designer or any program you would obviously run on a much different type of machine with tons of ram and a gazillion cores? I use this tablet for what it's for, and I've never felt like the machine bogged down after (now) 3 days of heavy use, getting around 5 - 6 hrs battery life.Work performance wise, there's no problem for me whatsoever with 10 and usually many more tabs open in Edge (I heard that no matter what you do, do NOT install google chrome browser lol you will get poor performance from the tablet after installing it) but Edge is being streamlined to be power efficient, including sleeping tabs to conserve power.Not once during all the installing of Visual Studio while simultaneously writing a recovery disk on a 128 gb microSSd (directly accessible behind the kickstand... the level of next level this feels like when I swap microSD's like other people swap usb drives, man, I just don't think I can describe it.)With this unit, I have way more expandable space to play with in a tiny futuristic form factor - tiny sd drives in a tiny sd drive wallet instead of a bunch of clunky, big, breakable usb sticks.Typing so far is a breeze, I'm used to it already :)The brightness of the screen was a worry for me (by reading and watching reviews) until I got my unit and cranked it. I like a bright screen so I left the screen at full bright to test the battery life. I know they test it with the brightness at half, but I wanted real world results for my battery test. Also, the brightness was very sufficient for me both indoors and outdoors, I think in extreme sunlight it might be difficult to see though.With the brightness cranked all the way, doing some heavy use for the first hour and then streaming the news and leaving the unit on to go out for a while, come back and 3 hours into that, the battery is at 45%. I figured that's about right for having everything cranked including the volume the whole time.I'm gonna go ahead and say it. I wouldn't buy the basic unit if you paid me to. Why buy an inferior, probably slow unit when there is a superior, excellent performing unit at the top end which is only a couple hundo more?I usually own my devices for at least a couple years so why would I condemn myself to an inferior machine for that long? Start off on the right foot.This is the greatest unit I have ever laid my hands on for so many reasons. I already have enough power sucking multicore beasts. I needed a slim, tiny, ultraportable Windows 10 to control my other units (with remote desktop) from a jacuzzi in Atlanta or the beach right across town or even from my bed for hours iterating over renders in 3dsMax on my supercomputer from this cool unit in my hands. System administration is a breeze when you're just swiping and tapping everything like the cool kids do.Web performance - smooth scrolling 95 percent of the time. Under heavy stress(i was constantly transferring files over the network to the removable sd card at about 23 MB/s which was the one expected but off-putting downside to this unit. It conserves power by limiting the speed for wifi, so keep that in mind. my normal transfer speed from network to disk is around 58 MB/s) it opened and closed programs, and multiple tabs with no bogging down whatsoever.Ill be buying the usb-c to ethernet adapter in case I'm in a rush to transfer a lot of files, but I'm usually multitasking so one timer is just another timer to me, tbh, as long as it all gets done.So since it does everything I need it to including run Visual Studio and Blender and Fl Studio like a champ, I just know better than to hit it with my heavy work that frankly has no business being extensively produced on anything but a workhorse.. As for my business needs, this thing knocks out every administrative and dev task like the high end machine it is, period.The Go 2 unit is my goto unit mainly cause it gives me the most convenient way to manage my entire network of special purpose units and use them all from one terminal I can take anywhere.

I was a little apprehensive about ordering it but I pulled the trigger. I was not disappointed! It looked awesome and very well packaged. The screen is super sharp. The SSD causes it to boot up very fast. I got the 128GB SSD, 8GB of ram and the M3 processor which makes it pretty snappy. Dont get the other processor, get M3. I also bought a 256GB micro SD card for added storage and you can load and run your programs from it. Nice. I am a Amateur Radio Operator so I will use it in the field to run digital modes. I did have to fish around on YouTube to figure out how to get it out of "s" mode without a MS account..... no MS account wanted. Thanks for the really nice MS Surface Go 2.I am not sure why there are some unhappy buyers....... Not sure where you got yours but my listing said "NEW". When I received it, there was not a scratch anywhere. It was packaged as new. I already used it with my Amateur Radio equipment and it is flawless!!!

Ordered a unit (m3/LTE/8GB/128GB SSD) from seller "DIGJUNGLE" and was pleasantly surprised to find it shipped with a 256GB SSD onboard. This is the commercial configuration that includes a NFC reader in the upper right corner on the back of the tablet. YMMV if you have the same experience. For less than half the cost of the original hardware, this was a great deal.Of course, that's the main downside, this hardware is circa-2020, so it's a little bit dated in the year 2023. Perfect for a secondary tablet-type device to have on-hand to experiment with pen-based computing or for a very compact/lightweight option for travel.Since this is a commercial/corporate SKU, it shipped with Win10 Pro and updated perfectly fine to Win11 Pro once I forced the update from Microsoft.Just be aware that getting all the accessories to make this unit complete starts to add up (MS Go Type Cover, Pen, screen protector, case, etc.).

What you get is a REFURBISHED Microsoft Surface Go 2 in refurbished product packaging. The price is okay, for a NEW Surface Go 2 as the product description states in capital letters. The price should be adjusted for a Surface Go 2.that has been repaired. in my case, the repair was not so great and the speakers do not work well compared to a NEW Surface Go 2 in original packaging which I have had, used, and enjoyed. Steer clear of products on Amazon that say "NEW".

I was looking for something to replace my laptop that finally had its last day. I wanted something small, light and discreet to take to work but also able to do everything a computer can for school. What I ordered was an 8GB RAM/128GB SSD that had windows 10 S mode. What I got was 8GB RAM/256GD SSD Windows 10 Pro.I was leery to purchase after reading some of the reviews on this item but mine came to me NEW in box. No scratches or dings. I’ve only had it a couple of days but I’ve already been using it quite often and all I can say is Best Decision I made! Such a great deal for this item.