When I listened to Bon Jovi’s “Living On a Prayer,” the vocals, drums and guitars were clear, but the bass didn’t thump the way I’d like it.

The speakers on the Surface Go aren’t powerhouses, but they get the job done. It’s just more organized.įor real writing and spreadsheet work, the Type Cover is basically mandatory. Ultimately, I found myself using desktop Windows view, not tablet mode, even without the Type Cover. I don’t think that the touch keyboard is as good as what you’ll find in iOS or Android, but you don’t need the Type Cover to make the thing work. If you’re just browsing the web, you’ll do OK.

Performance should be sufficient for some simple web browsing to pass the time or banging out a brief writing assignment. I had 18 tabs open in Google Chrome, including one streaming a 1080p episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver when I started seeing slightly more lag than normal when switching between tabs. The Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y CPU, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of SATA SSD storage in our review configuration of the Surface Go aren’t incredibly powerful, but they’re enough to do a few small tasks at once. Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 802.11 Bluetooth 4.1ĥMP front camera with Windows Hello 8MP rear camera

Microsoft surface go 4