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I love my Surface Go for total portable computing but it has 8 gigs of ram.  4 gigs is flat out NOT enough.  And a 64 gig harddrive is also up there with a don’t go there.

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Guess they had to do something to make a cheap tablet!

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It’s not going to be a barn-burner in performance for sure.  The CPU is a dual-core with hyperthreading, but a lot of the security people suggest turning that off, and that would just leave a dual core– kind of underwhelming in 2020.

I still would have given it 8 GB of RAM if I were MS, and a real SSD.  The small amount of money saved is not worth the performance loss.

 

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woody wrote:

Guess they had to do something to make a cheap tablet!

With 128-GB SATA SSDs selling for $22, I think they made a mistake using the $10 cheaper, and less robust, 64-GB eMMC drive. That’s a really pathetic choice by Microsoft.

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Only if it’s windows 7.

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woody wrote:

Of course, I wouldn’t buy a Surface product if MS paid me,

Not sure you’ve got the hang of this purchasing lark.

You wouldn’t even try it if they sent you a free one?

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I’d try it. I wouldn’t buy it.

And I don’t think I have to worry about MS sending me one… :-0

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[Nibbled To Death By Ducks]

woody wrote:

Would you buy a used operating system from this man?

Um, no. Any time someone runs cute kids or animals in front of me to sell something, all I can see is Cal Worthington and his dog, and start running.

…and the way the economy is likely to be going, (I hope I’m wrong) most people are not likely to be going for the new, new, new… horrible timing for any kind of mass sales launch of a new product…it’s more likely going to be:

Used/reconditioned, older, higher grade hardware, or the old refrain:

“Use it up,

Wear it out,

Make it do

Or do without.”

Susan’s and other’s comments about the stripped-down $400 model (for advert purposes only, methinks) are very valid too.

Meanwhile, I think I read somewhere that MSFT is opening up a factory in Poland with 1 billion over 7 years. What would it take to open that factory here? CAN we make Surfaces here?

(I know, but I can dream…)

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woody wrote:

Guess they had to do something to make a cheap tablet!

The 64GB is eMMC soldered.
The prices doesn’t include a keyboard for $139.

Don’t know why Microsoft insist on Manufacturing these Surface devices as they just don’t sell for 8th year now.

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Nibbled To Death By Ducks wrote:

CAN we make Surfaces here?

As one Surface is a “iPad Killer” and the other Surface is a “MacBook Killer”, the Surfaces are manufactured by Foxconn, you know , the one that assembles the iPhones, iPads….
Microsoft couldn’t choose a better contract manufacturer.

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[LoneWolf]

After seeing the multiple quality control and support issues Microsoft hardware has had in recent years, there’s no way I would do it. Combine that with display resolutions too high for me to use easily on a small display like the Surface (especially when Windows 10 doesn’t scale well past 1080p), keyboards I can’t stand, Surface dock issues with clients I couldn’t fully resolve, too small for a real Ethernet port, non-Intel wireless (at a price point that should have it), limited storage and RAM, and a “Oh, you’ve outgrown its capability or the battery died? Better chuck it because you can’t change it” philosophy -I can find an Ultrabook for 2/3 the price that will be better in every way.

Funny, this sounds almost like my (non-phone) rants about Apple hardware.

(Edit: Currently using a ThinkPad T460p with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD; discrete graphics)

 

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Microsoft Might Have Made the Best Budget Laptop…Again

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Hands-on with the Surface Go 2

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[MikeFromMarkham]

Surface Go 2 review: Microsoft’s tiny PC is only a tiny bit better

It’s faster — but not at $400.

https://www.engadget.com/surface-go-2-review-microsoft-tablet-pc-180000917.html

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