The Microsoft Surface Go 3, which has a new Core i3 CPU option, can be used with or without a keyboard. While we found that the Core m3 in our Surface Go 2 review unit offered greatly improved performance compared with the original Surface Go, it’s now showing its age as a relatively outdated piece of silicon. Meanwhile, the Surface Go 2 features two older CPU options: a Pentium Gold 4425Y processor, or an 8th Generation Core m3 in the up-ticked configuration. (Intel’s latest Core CPUs are from the 11th Generation, dubbed 'Tiger Lake.') But they’ll get the job done easily enough on an inexpensive tablet that you probably won’t use to browse the web with more than a tab or two open at a time. Neither of these is particularly cutting-edge. The new Surface Go 3, which is now available for pre-order, offers your choice of a Pentium Gold 6500Y processor (at the starting price) or a 10th Generation Intel Core i3-10100Y (at $629). But there’s one key difference between the Surface Go 3 and its Go 2 predecessor: the CPU. The cost makes them especially attractive to bargain hunters put off by the $1,000-plus prices of Microsoft’s flagship Surface Pro 8. Both tablets look the same, and they share the same $400 starting price.

Not a whole lot has changed in this newest revision, which is a good thing, since the Surface Go 2 is already a solid work-from-home (and idle-time) choice among Windows tablets.

Microsoft’s entry-level Surface Go tablet improved by leaps and bounds from the first generation to the second one, and now it’s back for a third 'go at the Go,' in the form of the Surface Go 3.

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