![]() ![]() The fabric hinges have enough designed-in slack that you can use the keyboard totally flat or, by snapping part of the hinge section against the Go (magnets again), gain a nicely angled typing experience. The magnets are strong and there's zero doubt about how to position it against the Go's spine, plus we've all seen people holding the Surface hybrids by their keyboards and dangling the expensive tablet sections - it's all very solid. streaming media player, sofa surfing) for the Go is wider than I'd have imagined.īut it's with the Type Cover snapped on that the Surface Go really shines. ![]() In regular use, I've found that I snap off the keyboard remarkably often - but this isn't a sleight against the accessory, rather that the range of uses (e.g. Which you use is up to you, though I found the best option is to have the UI change automatically (Settings/System/Tablet mode) as you snap on (or off) the Type Cover - the Surface Go detects the change in keyboard status and sets the UI appropriately. ![]() In Tablet mode, the 'taskbar' changes to a simplified, more Windows 10 Mobile-like set of navigation controls. ![]() In Desktop mode, the UI is exactly what you'd see on a traditional Windows laptop, system bar, and so on. Snapped onto a Surface Go, this gives you the Windows laptop experience at not much more than 700g.Īt its most basic, the Surface Go is a tablet PC, of course, though you do get a choice of modes. And you'll forgive the gushing praise, but the Alcantara Microsoft Type Covers are just spectacularly high quality. Following on from my Gallery of the Surface Go review hardware kit and the first part of my main review of this relevant ultra-mobile computing device, here's part 2, concentrating on the Type Cover and the laptop experience. ![]()
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