Microsoft - Surface Go 2 - 10.5" Touch-Screen - Intel Pentium Gold - 4GB - 64GB Storage - Platinum

My wife has needed to work at home for the last two months and will be doing so for the foreseeable future. She had been using a clunky older laptop with poor battery life. We purchased the Surface Go 2 as a light, easy to move, and long-lived computer for her to get work done. I was a bit worried about the Pentium Gold processor and 4GB of RAM, but for her workflow of Microsoft Edge, iTunes, and Citrix it has worked great. The small 64GB of on-board storage worried me, but it also has a Micro SD slot, so I threw some extra storage in that way. I haven't used a Surface since the Surface Pro 3, but I am incredibly impressed with the build quality and the clarity of the screen, especially for $400. If you plan to use it as a consumption tablet, you might be better suited with an iPad, but for someone who needs to get "real work" done, this is an excellent choice.

Ordered the 4GB\64GB Pentium version and overall am happy with it, but it's a weird mix of terrible and awesome all at once. Quality: The build quality is great and 10 inches seems to be the perfect size for a tablet usable in both portrait and landscape mode with Win10. This thing feels more premium than any iPad ever has and looks great except for the cheap looking Microsoft logo on the back. Light and easy to hold for us older folks with a bright screen to make it fairly usable even outside in direct sunlight. Wifi is fast and stable. Software: Windows 10 is very usable in both desktop and tablet mode, but apps sometimes crash or only fill part of the screen in tablet mode. I did switch out of S mode, limits you to Microsoft Store apps only, as this is a test machine for development and office work, but most people probably won't need to. It's fantastic having real windows on a portable, small device. The software keyboard and virtual trackpad also make this very usable without a mouse and keyboard when using it on the go. Performance: The Pentium processor, integrated graphics, and 4GB RAM are more than enough power and run everything I use very well. Even older games work great. The problem is the speed of the storage on the 64Gb version: Everything takes around 30 seconds to open up (yeah I started timing it), it's like using an old hard drive and is painful. Even menus are slow to load (but the basic Windows UI is very smooth and responsive). I would recommend getting a pricier version if this is going to be a main machine, but as a companion device for people like me it's bearable. Battery life: It's bad, really bad. I get about 4 hours of usage, up to 7 when doing very light tasks in airplane mode like note taking and using Excel. Nowhere near as advertised. Again, I don't mind as it's just mostly an on the go testing and development device for me, but I would never want this as a main machine. Overall, I recommend the tablet. I managed to type this entire lengthy review on it in just using the software keyboard in portrait mode. Really is a comfortable to use tablet. Of course the battery drained 15% during the 15 minutes this took to type out... But if bad battery life and slow to open programs/slow file transfer speeds don't bother you I highly recommend this tablet despite its flaws, but definitely get a more expensive model for a machine used frequently.

I got this to use alongside my laptop for classes which are now primarily online, and this plus a pen is a tool I wish I had started using even earlier! I wish that syncing Microsoft accounts hadn't taken up half the storage space on here, but that's what SD cards are for I guess... The base model is good for pretty low level tasks, but at this price I wish it was a little more competent in terms of memory, RAM, or processing power (especially considering multiple other buys needed to use this well- a pen, an SD card, and the keyboard most people will add on). I'm happy with it, but feel that Microsoft could have done better!

I am finding more uses almost daily. What started as a reader is now a tool for my photography. I'm using this more for the initial sorting process. Where I tag and delete photos that are not going to be keepers. Out of focus, flash didn't fire, etc. There is so much more that this can do I will be using it to assist with the start of pushing my photography to the next level business wise.

Works really well! Truly is a miniature computer. A little bummed you have to buy all the accessories separately, but still worth it.

I bought this 2-in-1 with some measure of hesitancy because I really wanted the best possible computer for my daughter's school-work with all the bells and whistles of memory, functionality, portability etc. I compared to a lot of tablets (which have poor remote learning capability, generally speaking) and decided to go for it. MY DAUGHTER LOVES IT! I gotta say, I was really impressed with how stylish, light-weight and functional it is. So great in fact, that I'm thinking to ditch this old laptop i5 I'm on right now and get one of these Surface Go 2 touch-screen for myself!

I know that this is a good product the little bit of help I did have in choosing it only answered very few questions for me and it does seem to be very difficult to get help with using it for the first time help from Microsoft it's just it's like you have to chase everything down and you have to remember a lot of passwords so I like the product but it does seem to be difficultbut the most difficult part of the purchase was how I received it when I arrive for your curbside service I'm very disappointed in Best buy I don't think the way I was treated was very nice very unprofessional and I will most likely not shop there again I chose to buy at Best buy because I feel like every time in the past that I've been there they seem to have a knowledgeable staff this time the only thing that staff could tell me was to see the sign and the number on it and that I should call that and it wasn't just the first time it was the second time when I picked up the pen that for the computer they both said the same thing to me word for word and I felt like it was what they were told to say maybe it was the way they said it or the words they chose I just and very disappointed and I was going to return the item but I just decided to go ahead and keep it and figure it out on my own again and very disappointed in Best buy and I would not recommend anybody shop at Best buy with your curbside service

When I was looking for a computer I was looking for something that was not very expensive and that fit for what I needed. Microsoft suite works just as good on this smaller computer. I like to use it with my detachable keyboard. The S mode allows the surface to operate faster. However it’s optional. Once I opted out of S mode I could not opt back in. But by opting out I can download apps that are not in the Microsoft store but it trades off with performance. It’s just a tad bit slower but it doesn’t bother me.