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​​💻 Surface Go: A posh netbook and a gateway drug One phrase wouldn’t leave my mind after reading about Microsoft’s new Surface Go tablet: ‘posh netbook.’ Ten years ago, the joy of having a tiny little PC you could carry anywhere, running full Windows XP (perfectly acceptable for the time!) was incredible. The novelty wore off, as netbooks simply weren’t powerful enough for sustained use. The Surface Go updates that 'desirable, underpowered PC’ idea for 2018. You certainly won’t be running high-end games on it, but as a way to carry a lightweight PC around wherever you go, it looks very tempting indeed. But that 'netbook’ analogy just won’t go away. Will its slow processor end up frustrating users? We’ll have to wait for the first reviews, but for Microsoft, maybe it doesn’t matter. Surface Go has another purpose – it’s the perfect 'gateway drug’ for Windows 10 for dipping your toe back into Windows 10 if you're a Windows-curious Mac user. Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2N1A4ks Martin Bryant, 🚀@PerspectiveIX