Surface Go 3

Microsoft

Surface Go 3

28 positive 1 neutral 15 negative

Based on 44 Reddit mentions

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Surface Go 2 Linux

I got a secondhand GO 2 a few months back, and it's been fine (much better than the Go 3 I have, which has a bunch of annoying glitches that haven't been resolved over the few years I've had it). To answer your questions: I nuked Windows immediately after verifying the system started up and worked,

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vengefultacos in r/SurfaceLinux

July 9, 2025 8:43 PM

4

Recommendation for a cheap laptop with long lasting battery life

I would say, their general battery strength. A full charge can hardly last you more than 6 hours if screen is kept on throughout. Arguably, my experiences were with Microsoft surface go 3 (a portable tablet/pc hence understandable for its shit battery life). I expected more from a Microsoft Surface

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SIMPorean in r/askSingapore

May 24, 2026 3:29 AM

2

CachyOS + COSMIC DE

Cosmic doesn't have a way (that i could find) to have an on-screen keyboard on login. That's the only deal breaker or i'd be running cosmic. Can't live without it on a tablet (Asus Z13 flow & surface go 3)

ijwgwh in r/cachyos

February 18, 2026 3:40 AM

2

Engineering laptops

The tech loan program is great for some students! It does not have laptops though and the tablets are not up to spec for engineering, as OP is asking about. Like, the Surface Go 3 is lightweight and ideal for taking notes, but with only two cores and max 8 GB RAM, it’s not going to be great for the

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maplecrumb in r/OSU

August 17, 2025 3:51 PM

2

Fixing that dead tablet i had in the drawer was the best idea Ive ever had

What happened when you tried to install Windows 11? I have a Surface Laptop Go 3 that I use for goofing around with; currently it has either Arch or Debian on it. (I think the latter.) Anyhow, I tried installing Windows 11 using a USB that I made using Microsoft's Media Creation Tool. When it got to

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lumpynose in r/SurfaceLinux

November 25, 2025 8:35 PM

2

SGO 1/2/3 users, any suspend battery drain?

Microsoft's fault. Surface Go 3 doesn't support deep sleep, so just turn of your device when you don't use it. Though I did notice better battery life on Debian compared to Fedora.

naaaateeee in r/SurfaceLinux

April 8, 2026 2:54 PM

1

PC Lobotomy

Modern lower-end CPUs are just those higher end CPUs but some parts weren't working so they disabled them in the factory. Even the lower end Ryzen CPUs are rated for 65w of power draw and have a max core temperature of 95c before thermal throttling.But speaking from experience, even like 5w of power

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VanillaCold57 in r/jschlattsubmissions

March 31, 2026 10:43 PM

1

Has anyone tried PopOS 24.04 on their surface?

I use PopOS every day on my Surface Laptop 4. It's excellent. I have a backup dual boot Windows, that I use about once per month. Not so successful with my Surface Go 3 as a tablet.

TitaniumladNZ in r/SurfaceLinux

February 7, 2026 6:58 PM

1

Tim Cook called Surface detachable touch design “compromised” and “confusing”, now set to copy it

Surface Go 3 is one of the worst computers I've ever owned. And I say this as a professional certified apple hater, with over 15 international recognitions in competitive macos hate. Unfortunately if anybody can pull off a truly portable tablet PC, it's Apple as long as they say no the iPadOS fanati

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naaaateeee in r/Surface

February 26, 2026 5:58 PM

1

brand new surface tablet and already out of space, a week old i only use it for school

256GB is aimed for web surfers who doesn't want windows tablets but Facebook machines, small businesses who will just install a POS software of choice and use it as a kiosk, or students who really couldn't afford anything but was told by professors they do not have the patience to wait for some old

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m31317015 in r/Surface

March 4, 2026 11:45 AM

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