[HN Gopher] Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 review: why does this ...
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       Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 review: why does this exist?
        
       Author : paulpan
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2023-10-12 18:26 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | paulpan wrote:
       | Probably the harshest "review" I've read in a while but seems
       | accurate. This is supposed to be the budget ("Go") product and
       | there's nothing budget about its $1k price tag.
       | 
       | Either Microsoft is completely incompetent in its supply chain
       | management since a comparable Asus, HP, Dell laptop is at most
       | 1/2 price for similar specs. Or grossly overpricing the design.
       | Heck even the reviewer mentioned a $300 Gateway laptop surpassing
       | this easily.
       | 
       | No wonder Panos Panay jumped ship. Uncertain whether he signed
       | off on one this willingly or forced to.
        
       | syndicatedjelly wrote:
       | Microsoft is trying to anchor the price of their more expensive
       | laptops. When the "low-end" laptops start at $999, charging
       | $1500+ for a "mid-range" laptop doesn't seem so outrageous
       | anymore.
       | 
       | That's the whole reason this thing exists
        
         | kalupa wrote:
         | this is a better review of the laptop than I would have gotten
         | from the real review!
        
       | pornel wrote:
       | Macbook Air for the same price has more than twice the pixels,
       | and higher brightness.
       | 
       | MS could have at least beaten Apple on RAM and SSD specs, where
       | Apple charges $200 extra for $20 worth of hardware... but they
       | didn't.
        
         | GoToRO wrote:
         | They beat Apple on software and the overall full experience, hw
         | + sw.
        
           | dmonitor wrote:
           | I don't see how you can pass off Windows as being a good
           | software experience. The default experience is stuffed full
           | of ads, and it's only getting worse.
           | 
           | HW+SW integration is Apple's whole schtick. I can just put an
           | iPad next to my Macbook and it turns into a secondary
           | display.
        
       | nameless912 wrote:
       | > I don't even hate the Go 3 that much.
       | 
       | What ringing praise. Yikes, this review is worse than if they had
       | just said "I hate this thing and it has no redeeming qualities".
        
       | hbn wrote:
       | I wonder if this was made targeting enterprise. Microsoft shops
       | that don't spend much time crunching what they're paying per
       | user, or were already used to paying ~$1000. It's a safe choice
       | cause it's made by Microsoft. IT is probably already in the swing
       | of deploying Surface devices. No backlit keyboard because people
       | are gonna be using it during the day in a lit office. Makes sense
       | from that perspective.
        
       | pram wrote:
       | Why is Microsoft making laptops period? I understand the actual
       | Surface tablet thing is a wacky hangover from the Windows
       | 8/Ballmer days, but these just seem to be competing with the
       | billion other Windows laptop makers. Huh?
        
       | kristianp wrote:
       | I forgot my keyboard can be backlit, I've turned it on for the
       | first time just now.
        
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