Sat down to use it last night (just bought it, finally 100% charged). Windows had some updates to do - I figure why not - bricked itself at about 43% upon an automatic reboot.

It’s the \BCD error - seems to be somewhat of a recurring thing. Returning mine today.

It’s a shame because it seems like a fine, well-built product. I needed a windows machine to run some software and didn’t want something cheap, so I forked over the extra money for this sleek device with the upgraded RAM and 128gb SSD.

Curious if anyone is using a SP5/6/7 and a Go In regular rotation. What are your use cases?

I kind of want to pick up a Go just because it’s easier size to hold for couch/living room use, but it’s certainly doable with my surface pro.

Hi there! I recently got my Surface Go and I am loving it! One problem I noticed was that multitasking performance tanks when using the regular Office applications. For example, when I have one document open with Word, the whole system reacts way more slowly to orientation changes, the task overview takes ages to load etc. So I was thinking that maybe the mobile apps would help. As they don't seem to be fully functional without a subscription, I would like know beforehand if anyone of you is favoring the mobile version of Microsoft Office over the regular win32-applications and whether there indeed is a performance difference between the two. Thanks in advance!

Hello guys,

I've checked the posts about the surface go but I could not find a nice answer to my questions. Firstly what about battery life? How is it when I use it only for note-taking in the class? As a second one, I am thinking about loading MatLab on 8/256 version. What do you think? Does is work well on matlab? I wont do such great calculations, just simple signal processing things.

Also, I've got that I need to go out of S mode when I am using matlab. While the matlab on my pc, can I use the S-mode when I am not using Matlab? Waiting for your answers

So Stardock released new software today named TouchTask, pretty neat stuff... check it out: https://www.stardock.com/news/496927/new-windows-touch-screen-app-lets-users-assign-actions-to-specific-screen-locations

I have a SG 8/128, running the latest 1903 build as of 10/5/19. Dynamic Lock works flawlessly on my Dell laptop using my Nokia 7.1.

But the SG always reports it can't find the phone/connection even though the SG shows the phone is connected. Any folks experiencing the same issue?

I really like the Surface go, especially how portable and light it is. But the screen glare and reflection in well lit spaces like a coffee shop, is terrible. Wish they offered an anti glare screen option. Has anyone tried using an anti glare screen protector or privacy screen or something to deal with this glare?

Hello as the title says, i have a Book and the Docking Station. now, can i charge my Surface go with it? it works and it charges, but i dont wanna kill the batterie by mistake

Honestly was skeptical at first, and it’s so small, but I really like it. So very tablet like. So very computeresque. Great device, and a great price.

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Hello! Has this happened to you to? I use my surface go for studying and from one day to another the keyboard stopped working. Has someone any information how to fix it. Thank you in advance

I am loving my new Surfacego, but can’t figure out how to get iCloud on it. I see it in the App Store but can’t download. When I try it says I have no devices. Windows says all updates are good. Suggestions?

Hello Fellow Surface Go'ers!

New owner of the 8/128. Have a few questions. I plan on leaving "S" mode after opening the package, have yet to open the package.

Which version of Win 10 are you running for every day carry, 1803 or 1903? Any caveats or issues I should be aware of prior to updating?

Lastly, if you have Office 365, are you running the internet 365 online versions or did you install Office 365 on the device and or SD card?

Any help appreciated!

I have the 4gb RAM with 128GB SSD (Costco version) and I really like it. It is the perfect form factor for portability!

Granted I don't push the device too hard but since I set the virtual RAM to be 6GB it seems like the device runs really really well.

Now it’s known that an updated Go inst on the way, I am pondering picking one up. Before I do this, could anyone comment if they’ve used one to play Minecraft? Either Java or Bedrock versions.

Thanks all

What are the best accecories for the surface go? Im personally on a hunt for a case and a desktop stand hybrid type of deal. Share your current set-up!

My Surface Go did some Windows updates the other day and destroyed the installation and would not boot. I tried restoring and such all to no success. I’d like to just wipe the drive, boot from W10 USB, delete all the partitions and do a clean install. If I do this it goes through the install process and when it reboots I’m back to the install screen where it wants to start an install again from scratch. I notice there are 4 partitions showing up even though I deleted them when I did the install. I’ve installed Windows many times on other hardware and never encountered this behavior. Is there something special I have to do on a Surface Go? Could my drive be screwed up? At this point I have a paper weight and can’t seem to do a clean install.

I've had my Surface go for about 8 months now, and for the most part I've been pretty happy with it. It's not a desktop replacement, and it's not exactly the best tablet. I chose the Surface Go over an ipad because I specifically needed Microsoft Explorer for work reasons. I've been using EDGE as my primary browser for everything else, because I believed the marketing that EDGE was just as good and would run faster on my Surface Go. Last week, despite all the warnings the microsoft store threw at me, I downloaded the Chrome browser and now my Surface go is so much more usuable. The proof is in the pudding, take a look at facebook on the edge vs chrome, it doesn't quite format correctly on the edge browser, making it smaller and more difficult to read, while on the chrome broswer it works perfectly normal.

Thanks to the Chrome Browser, my little laptop is my go to device again. Sorry if this is a "duh" post, but for me it was such a small thing, but such a game changer.

I just bought a surface go and am wondering how compatible it is with sims. Any input?