Must be available already as my mate's arrived last week in Whanganui.

Interesting. Looking at some websites still out-of-stock until end of the week.

But yes, could have happened. This one is the Intel i5 8 GB RAM/256 GB storage model.Comes with Windows S by default but can be changed to Windows Home. Doing the setup now.

Yep he loves it, says it's one of the nicest devices he's owned.  Which is saying a bit since he had a 2nd hand HP Spectre I sold to him a while ago. I like my Surface Go first gen, it's so great when I'm running around like a madman at work.

What makes it a "Go" model? Lighter? Smaller? Less powerful? 

It's a nice looking laptop - I had a play with one in a store the other day. Seems to be quite a good price point too for still quite high-end feeling hardware. 

Reminds me a lot of a slightly better, cheaper, Windows-based MacBook Air.