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Surface Go 2 with 4GB Ram and 4425Y worth it? (feddit.de)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi! There's no Surface on Linux Lemmy community (yet), but I didn't feel like asking on reddit, so I thought that this community is my best bet.

I was thinking about getting a surface go, since I really like the form factor and have fond memories of my old Surface Pro 3 in Uni.

Now, there's a deal going on, where they're selling the tablet for under 300€, but it's the low-spec one with 4GB RAM and the weakest processor. I was wondering if I would be doing myself a favor by getting a tablet with these low-end specs.

My usecases would be: Note taking with rnote/xournalpp, surfing, reading, youtube and maybe some light coding.

A FOSS system with encrypted home directory is essential for me, which is why I'm not even considering Android/Apple tablets.

I think I'd give Fedora Silverblue a shot, because Gnome is supposedly great for tablets and it seems more stable to fuck-ups. But maybe the meager storage space (64GB) makes this infeasible

Do any of you have any experiences with these low specs? Or even with a Surface Go 2 in 2023 daily use?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The form factor is what makes the device so enticing to me. But maybe going used is the way to go.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, I thought the Go 2 you described was also refurbished because of it’s specs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm quite sure they're new. Out of curiosity: Why do the specs make you think it's refurbished? AFAIK, refurbishes don't change the components. ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because those specs don't sound like something you would get on a recent device. I thought 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage was the minimum now for Windows devices but I guess I'm wrong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It's a bit older, but the other comments kind of convinced me that MS just released a severely underpowered piece of hardware as the "budget option".

Kind of untypical for them, especially considering that the surface devices are supposed to compete with ipads and Windows 11 is supposed to run on these things.