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I looked over at some benchmarks and found that in terms of performance it's comparable to an AMD Athlon II x2 250 (3ghz) or the Intel C2D T9900 (3.06ghz), processors considered average (~2011) or on the higher-end (2009), and still do a fairly good job today for anything not too intensive. I...

Nope, I wasn't using the USB as RAM/ using ReadyBoost. Was just using the USB drive to watch movies off of and left it plugged in afterwards for a while.

I thought it over and I got by with the 64gb model of the Surface 2, so I should be fine with the 64gb Surface Go, no SD card necessary. Which reminds me of something I remember from using the Surface 2. Whenever I had a USB stick plugged in, it would heat up and drain the battery very quickly...

I've ordered the 64/4 version of the Go, it's not yet arrived but I'll look forward to it! Before I use it though, I'm just curious whether having a MicroSD card plugged in will affect the battery life of the Go in a meaningful/substantial way. I'll be trying to get as much battery life out of...