For $949 you get a healthy 8GB of RAM plus 128GB of SSD storage, and that’s expandable via the SD card slot. Under its hood sits a 10th-gen Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y CPU, which is a marked improvement over the 8th-gen silicon used with the Surface Go 2. Microsoft has, however, added Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0, so your bases are well covered when it comes to wireless. The single USB-C port means that unless you buy a docking station or USB hub, you’ll be stuck using just one wired peripheral at a time.

There’s also a MicroSD card slot under its kickstand.

Like the Surface Go 2, this year’s model sports a single USB-C port plus a 3.5mm audio socket. Not only is it light, but it also feels precise and thanks to its tilt to shade capabilities, it’s a lot like a real-world scribble stick. The Surface Pen deserves special mention. We at Witchdoctor recommend buyers add the cost of both the Type-cover and pen into their buying budgets as the Surface Go 3 really needs them to be useful. The not-so-good news is that the Type-cover keyboard and Surface pen costs extra. Speaking of price, the good news is that the Surface 3 Go starts at a wallet pleasing $719 for the base model. Microsoft instead uses a Magnesium alloy for its chassis, which is a pleasant surprise given its affordable sticker price. Even though the Surface Go 3 is affordable, there’s hardly any Tupperware to be seen. As you’d expect from a Microsoft Surface product, the build quality is excellent. Like its more costly MS Surface siblings, the Surface 3 Go is essentially a tablet with the optional and crazily skinny but oh-so usable Type-cover keyboard and pen. These include a higher-resolution 10.5-inch display complete with slimmer bezels and a faster CPU. It may look identical to the Surface Go 2, but the Surface Go 3 has a few nifty spec bumps. After putting in the hard yards for your reading pleasure, here’s what I found. With Microsoft’s affordable convertible tablet/laptop Surface Go 3 finally hitting retailer shelves, I was dead curious to see if it was any good. In the market for a tablet/laptop hybrid with superb build loads of cool features at an affordable price? PAT PILCHER on the Surface Go 3.

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