Four Reasons the Microsoft Surface Go is better than the iPad for students

While Microsoft has always been associated as the go to for productivity and education, Apple over the years have been inching into market by replacing laptops with their iPad lineup. Microsoft recently released the Surface Go, as an affordable variant in the Surface lineup and an alternate to the Apple iPad. Here are four reasons why the Microsoft Surface Go is a better option for students than the Apple iPad.

Get a $50 Best Buy gift card when you pre-order the Microsoft Surface Go tablet

The Microsoft Surface Go was announced a while back as the company's foray into the affordable tablet market. If you pre-order the slate from Best Buy, you also get a $50 Best Buy gift card, and the assurance that you will get your hands on the device before its release date on August 2nd.

Microsoft Surface Go officially announced

The Microsoft Surface Go was officially unveiled today as the company's latest productivity-oriented tablet. This new slate from Microsoft aims to directly compete with the Apple iPad, offering portability and versatility. The Surface Go is set to enter the market right in time for the back to school season, and Microsoft made sure to point out how ideal it's form factor was to read school textbooks in portrait mode.

Microsoft Surface Go

The Microsoft Surface Go is a Windows tablet featuring a 10 inch PixelSense display with a 1800 x 1200 pixel resolution, 64GB of internal storage (up to 256GB), an 8MP rear camera, a 5MP front camera and is powered by an Intel Pentium Gold Processor with up to 8GB of RAM.

The full Microsoft Surface Go specifications follow: