Microsoft Surface Go 2 review • Hacker News Board

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by J_tt » Mon, May 11, 2020, 10:56 AM UTC

jl6 wrote: post #17

My Surface Pro 4 just died this weekend to the “screen scramble” issue. As I bought it more than 3 years ago, Microsoft are asking me to pay >$700 for a replacement. OK, I understand it’s out of warranty, and I’d accept its fate if this were genuine wear and tear, but this is an admitted manufacturing defect so it feels very raw. I was a happy user while the thing worked, but I can’t bring myself to recommend any Sur…

That issue has been incredibly frustrating for my company, after one of our clients bought a whole fleet of surfaces we had a period during the transition to working from home when we had about 20 requests for replacements in a few days.

With stock on short supply and Microsoft not warranty replacing most of them it was a painful time.

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by eknkc » Mon, May 11, 2020, 10:57 AM UTC

nfoz wrote: post #12

GEBBL wrote: post #2

Damn, why are TechCrunch hijacking the browsers back button behaviour? I had to close down my browser instance complete and then open a new one to come back to this thread. Awful.

I blame browsers for implementing such an obnoxious anti-feature.

It is a great feature. Idiots doing this is at fault.

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by als0 » Mon, May 11, 2020, 10:59 AM UTC

no_gravity wrote: post #38

Is there a tablet that can run one of the major Linux distributions? I am surprised that there is not a single commercial Linux tablet on the market. Given how many developers use Linux, one would think the market is big enough for at least one product? And it seems no major distribution supports any of the tablets out there.

The first Surface Go can run Ubuntu pretty well. The Pentium Gold processor is a bit of a let down, though.

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by als0 » Mon, May 11, 2020, 11:02 AM UTC

I really hate how Microsoft replaced the Sketch app with their Whiteboard app. It was perfect on the Go. The Whiteboard app now requires you to login in to cloud services just to draw a squiggles. I'd rather not have my notes forced into the cloud.

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by no_gravity » Mon, May 11, 2020, 11:04 AM UTC

als0 wrote: post #43

no_gravity wrote: post #38

Is there a tablet that can run one of the major Linux distributions? I am surprised that there is not a single commercial Linux tablet on the market. Given how many developers use Linux, one would think the market is big enough for at least one product? And it seems no major distribution supports any of the tablets out there.

The first Surface Go can run Ubuntu pretty well. The Pentium Gold processor is a bit of a let down, though.

Do you have a link where someone describes how he got Ubuntu to run on the Go natively without installing software from outside of the repos? The user reports I saw did not get WiFi to work with what is in the Ubuntu repos.

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by Chris2048 » Mon, May 11, 2020, 11:05 AM UTC

GEBBL wrote: post #2

Damn, why are TechCrunch hijacking the browsers back button behaviour? I had to close down my browser instance complete and then open a new one to come back to this thread. Awful.

TBH, Maybe HN should just avoid sites like TC, and stick to, say, https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/microsoft-surface-go-2

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by arsenalist » Mon, May 11, 2020, 11:06 AM UTC

jl6 wrote: post #17

My Surface Pro 4 just died this weekend to the “screen scramble” issue. As I bought it more than 3 years ago, Microsoft are asking me to pay >$700 for a replacement. OK, I understand it’s out of warranty, and I’d accept its fate if this were genuine wear and tear, but this is an admitted manufacturing defect so it feels very raw. I was a happy user while the thing worked, but I can’t bring myself to recommend any Sur…

For what it's worth, Microsoft regularly scores 1/10 on ifixit repairability on most, if not all of their Surface products and they charge exorbitant prices for repair (or really, replacement). One of the reasons I didn't pull the trigger the Surface Pro.

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by elliotpage » Mon, May 11, 2020, 11:07 AM UTC

I've been a big fan of my Surface Go since getting it - the graphics are surprisingly robust on such a small tablet!

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by tastyminerals » Mon, May 11, 2020, 11:12 AM UTC

nfoz wrote: post #36

Off-topic, but I wish they would make a "Surface Laptop Pro". The Surface Laptop is more like an "air" with its limited connectivity (ports). Whereas the more capable Surface Book is a bit awkward as a laptop.

I have surface book 2 and have been using it both for development via WLS + VS code and as a tablet for drawing, taking meeting notes etc. I would never come back to Mac or any Linux compatible laptop because I got used to its versatility.

I simply cannot comprehend how a laptop with detachable screen, which is powered by GTX1060 and has by far the longest battery life on the market can be awkward. Couple this with better than mac keyboard, good 4k display and corpus that never overheats like Mac. It is also more silent. Please tell me which laptop currently has all these features?

Re: Microsoft Surface Go 2 review

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Post by cosmodisk » Mon, May 11, 2020, 11:15 AM UTC

What I really don't get is how companies get away with shipping any model that has 4GB of RAM. I mean,come on, it's 2020. The OS running idle probably needs more than that,not even mentioning opening a few tabs in Chrome.