{"id":4331,"date":"2018-07-11T20:59:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T03:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/?p=4331"},"modified":"2018-08-27T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T22:00:34","slug":"microsoft-surface-3-tablet-replacement-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaellinenberger.com\/blog\/microsoft-surface-3-tablet-replacement-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface 3 Tablet Replacement Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 11, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

My use of tablets has almost disappeared. And coincidentally, tablet sales are way down and still dropping. I suppose everyone has their reasons for losing interest in them. Mine was that my business changed and I almost never go to in-person meetings anymore—I used to use Windows tablets to ink my notes in such meetings, and not for much more. But such tablets are still a great way to take a full desktop copy of Outlook with you wherever you go, so I am tempted to start using them again.<\/p>\n

Before I moved away from tablets, I was using a Surface 3 for a few years, and liked it. It was Microsoft’s only iPad competitor<\/em> in terms of size and weight, so when a year ago Microsoft discontinued the Surface 3, I was puzzled, did Microsoft really want to abandon that market?<\/p>\n

With a recent announcement, the answer is apparently NO: Microsoft wants to stay in the iPad-size tablet market. Yesterday Microsoft announced the Surface Go, its replacement to the Surface 3. It’s a $399, 10-inch, 1.15 pound touch-screen tablet (which puts it solidly in the small iPad form factor). But it has features much like the higher-end (and heavier) Surface Pro. It’s based on the\u00a0Intel Pentium Gold processor<\/a>, so it has much more power than the previous Atom-based Surface 3 tablet.<\/p>\n

Here’s a good article about the Surface Go from one of my favorite Microsoft Industry columnists, Mary Jo Foley:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-takes-aim-at-schools-consumers-and-businesses-with-surface-go-tablets-starting-at-399\/<\/a><\/p>\n

And then a later one from her (Aug 27) after using one for 3 weeks: https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/review-surface-go-running-windows-10-home-in-s-mode\/<\/a><\/p>\n

And another article comparing the Surface Go to Apple’s iPad:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/can-microsofts-surface-go-unseat-apples-ipad\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Some more reviews:<\/p>\n

New PC World review just came out:\u00a0https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3293414\/microsoft-surface\/microsoft-surface-go-review.html<\/a><\/p>\n

And one from ZDNET:\u00a0https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/surface-go-first-look-small-light-and-the-best-cheap-pc-ever\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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