Microsoft Surface Go 3 - 10.5" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i3 - 8GB Memory - 128GB SSD - Device Only - Platinum (Latest Model)

I have had this tablet for over two years and have no complaints at all.

I have used this for over a year now and it still work as the first day, very lightweight (without the keyboard case of course) and works with all the accessories.

I got the i3 8GB memory 128GB SSD Platinum version, which at the time of this review is the top of the line model sold on Amazon.THE GOODIt's physically beautiful. It's sleek, thin, lightweight. The glass feels great and the back looks amazing. Probably the best looking Microsoft product I've seen.I was very happy to be able to get a very small tablet that ran a real operating system. iPads and Android tablets just don't cut it sometimes when you need to run real desktop software. If you want a small tablet that runs full Windows, this one does it.Windows 11 looks amazing. I'm mostly a Mac guy having left Windows after MS messed around with the start button and tiles with Windows 8. I had tried to come back a couple times here and there, but 8 and 10 seemed so dated after having switched to Mac. Windows 11 changes that for me and makes me open to coming back to Windows. It's beautiful and modern. They've removed a lot of the old Control Panel options that came from XP a long time ago, so that's good. Some are still there I discovered, but for the most part settings is greatly improved.... Windows 11 is great, but not great enough to make this tablet a keeper.THE BADReally, Microsoft? A goofy proprietary charger? Not sure if the USB-C port just doesn't take a charge or if mine is defective, but I couldn't get a charge with my MacBook Pro USB-C charger/cable or Samsung S21 Ultra charger. Instead, mine only charges with MS's proprietary charger which means now I'm hauling around yet another charger and cable wherever I go instead of just one USB-C charger for all devices.I could almost live with that inconvenience, but what I can't live with is the speed. I understand that there are other Surfaces that have better/faster specs, but they are also bigger. I wanted a small and capable Windows tablet, but alas this one is only small.This may be an unfair comparison, so take this with a grain of salt, but I happened to get a new iPad Mini 6 the same day. I unboxed and fired up both at the same time and was up and running on the iPad in a quarter of the time even with Apple's annoying Apple ID Fort-Knox password verifications. The Surface was slow out of the gate. At first I thought the touch screen didn't work because when prompted for the usual username stuff, the keyboard would not appear..... oh wait, it did.... just 2-3 seconds AFTER taping on the text box.I thought maybe I was doing something wrong since I've never used Windows tablet before, but eventually it became apparent that the tablet was so extremely slow that even typing text would have serious lag.Then there's the usual and annoying Windows updates. Oh well, just part of the ecosystem, but geez! It took 45 minutes from unboxing to being able to even check out the desktop.I downloaded some desktop stock brokerage programs and they took forever to open. So slow. These aren't super resource heavy programs like Photoshop. They are fairly simple, yet they were just too slow to be usable for quick stock market trading.CONCLUSIONSo beautiful but just too slow for me. The touchscreen seems finicky and programs take forever to load and use. If MS comes out with a supped up version of this, I would definitely take another look. But if this is as fast as it can run, it's a hard pass. I'd hate to see the tablets with lesser processors.Buy if speed isn't a concern. Pass if you value your time.

It's a fully featured PC that's the same size and weight as any apple or android tablet. And cheaper. Say goodbye to phone o/s and app stores, and hello to full feature software and peripherals. Just one design flaw, and it's a big one. The single USBC port is not Thunderbolt. So if you use those 7 in 1 hubs, computer work is fine but even a single tv video output chops at 1080p. Instead there is this crazy magnetic strip connector thing, complete with flashing lights on the cable. It's used for optional charging, and only the $200 MS branded dock supporting dual monitors. Proprietary connectors are just astonishing these days. So if you want to be able to connect to a TV and stream video, be warned

I bought the first Surface Go when it came out years ago. I use it for note taking, research, and writing papers, email, etc.. I also do some gaming on Steam. I needed an upgrade. One of the sales reps tried to get me to go for a Surface Pro, but I prefer the compact size over slightly higher specs. Its perfect to slip in my bag when headed to work, or to the library, etc. The surface Go3 is such a performance improvement over the original. It's wonderful that the keyboard cover and pen I bought for the Surface Go years ago are just as compatible with this device. I love the compact size, and the battery life has been amazing.My only complaint is Windows itself, and there are two issues here. First, like the previous models, this one comes in 'S Mode' meaning you're locked down and can only install apps from the Microsoft store out of the box Microsoft seems to have made it easier to get out of S Mode, but it's still annoying.Second, is it comes installed with Windows 11. Windows 11 is NOT optimized for a tablet. Windows 10 was awesome. It supported simple gestures which made using it as a tablet super-efficient. A simple swipe from the left side of the screen would allow you to switch apps. Swipe down on an app to close it, etc. This was a great experience, especially when using the pen to take notes. Windows 11 complicates the whole process. it now takes three and four finger swipes to accomplish the same thing. And those don't aways register, especially when the pen is in use. Windows 11 does allow for some configuration of these swipes, but that's only applicable to the mouse pad swipes - not the touchscreen itself. And you can't reconfigure the single swipe actions, so the ease of use is gone since the default actions for single swipes are useless to most users. Many forums/threads have complained of this very same thing, but Microsoft doesn't seem in any hurry to address it. I ended up wiping everything out and installing Windows 10.Now I'm back in love with the tablet. I've had iPads, and several Samsung tablets, but once I tried a windows tablet, I never looked back. The freedom to install whatever you want and have total access to your machine is paramount to me. If Microsoft would address their OS issues, I would have given it 5 stars.

These tablets (and their associated accessories, specifically the ms pen and ms kb) are amazing. I have i3 8gb and I'm able to run docker vms and do software development on the thing. Runs the ubuntu 'app' well. Left it on my car roof and it flow off into the street from 6' high and then actually got RUN OVER by a camry (front wheel) and was fine. For actual real. I use a standard pyrex screen protector, which broke into a million pieces but the surface screen and the keyboard work there is only SLIGHT damage to the back of the keyboard. These tablets are a life saver if you want a reasonably priced tablet that has full PC capabilities (albeit a little slow) in an ultra-portable, ultra-tough form. Thank you MS!