Microsoft Surface Go 3
Price: £569 from fave.co/3o3Jkdi
Microsoft touts its 10.5in Surface Go 3 tablet as its most mobile Surface. While that’s definitely true, what else does the new Surface Go 3 have to offer? A small processor bump, Windows 11, and, well, that’s about it.
The Surface Go 3 is essentially the same device as the Surface Go 2. We don’t consider Windows 11 to be necessarily worth the upgrade, which robs the Surface Go 3 of its appeal. As for the processor upgrade – yes, there’s now a 10th-gen Core i3 option, but it doesn’t really move the needle performance-wise.
BASIC FEATURES AND AVAILABLE CONFIGURATIONS
Microsoft’s Surface Go 3 is available in three configurations, ranging from £369 on up to £569, which is the price of our review unit. We wouldn’t recommend the £369 base model (with a Pentium Gold 6500Y, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage) because the 4GB of memory isn’t sufficient for running multiple apps. The other configurations, including a midrange version (Pentium Gold 6500Y/8GB RAM/128GB SSD: £499) and the premium offering (Intel Core i3/8GB RAM/128GB SSD: £569), round out the offerings.
The Surface Go 3 is unique because there aren’t many small, inexpensive Windows tablets vying for your wallet. Otherwise, the Go 3 is priced similarly to Microsoft’s budget clamshell laptop, the Surface Laptop Go, which also has
