Surface Go 2 and Surface Book 3

[Arthur]

The Surface Go 2 starts at £619 for the faster Core M3 version with a proper SSD.

 

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2020/05/06/introducing-surface-go-2-surface-book-3-surface-headphones-2-and-surface-earbuds

 

https://youtu.be/NUw8jZl1hX0

 

 

[snagrat]

Inc VAT I assume these prices are?

[Arthur]

Inc VAT I assume these prices are?

Correct (and also without edu discount).

[flyinghaggis]

I don't understand what Microsoft is trying to achieve with Surface Go anymore. Even with the edu-discount that Surface Go 2 is still ~£720 by the time you add the keyboard in M3/8Gb/128Gb spec. Even in potato-spec Pentium/4Gb/64GB eMMC with edu-discount it's still over £500 with the basically essential keyboard.

 

That's just not competitive pricing for a device which is clearly aimed at education where it's primarily up against £200 Chromebooks and £300 iPads.

Edited May 7, 2020 by flyinghaggis

[paulkerton]

This is where the Lenovo e10 and the Lenovo Chromebook Duet come into their own against the Surface Go.

To get the performance to match the Lenovo you're going to have to spend £700, purely because of how beastly Windows 10 Pro is on processor and memory.

 

Keyboard, case and device, with a low power consuming OS for around £300 and USI stylus support?

 

Yes, please!