Surface Go review: Wonderful weight, superb software, poor performance

Microsoft announced the Surface Go less than a month ago, and it’s already landing in some 25 countries. Before you decide one way or the other, keep one thing in mind: This is the company’s most affordable computer yet — which also means it’s the one that comes with the most tradeoffs.

This is going to be a short review, as Microsoft only gave us a few days with the Surface Go. I suspect this won’t be the only thing we write about for the Surface Go (hint: remember to check my weekly column), but I did want to get some thoughts out today, given that August 2 is when sales officially open (preorders began last week, but shipments only started arriving this morning).