This long battery life, along with its thin and light design, and cheap price tag, makes it an ideal device for students who need something to carry around campus, or for anyone who wants an easily portable device that they can sling in a bag without worrying. For casual use, it's fine, but rule out gaming and any intensive tasks like video editing.īattery life, though, is brilliant, with it lasting over eight hours on a single charge in our tests. If you choose to do the also free upgrade to Windows 11 (on 8th-gen i5-8350U or i7-8650U processor only), your experience will probably be similar.

However, by switching to Windows 10 Home (which is free to do), you can install more complex applications, and it's here where the Surface Go 2's limited hardware becomes apparent. If you stick with Windows 10 S Mode, where you're limited to the lightweight apps from the Microsoft Store, you won't have many issues with it. It also has a proprietary charging port as well.Īs for performance, the Surface Go 2 was never going to blow us away, but with the version we had it was a competent day-to-day device. There's not a huge amount of ports, but the selection is decent enough, with a USB-C port that can also charge the unit.

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