Surface Laptop Go Review

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What is the point of a Surface device? The latest model in Microsoft’s line of Windows PCs, the Surface Laptop Go, forces buyers to confront why they want a Surface machine in the first place. …

Microsoft Surface devices like the Surface Laptop Go have traditionally been super high-end laptops and tablets, aimed at providing the best Windows 10 experience. However starting with the Surface Go back in 2018, Microsoft started targeting students and everyday users, and this is the segment where arguably Surface is head and shoulders above anything else on the market. What we’re getting here…

When Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop Go, a cheaper, smaller version of its excellent Surface Laptop, I wondered how the company would pull it off. After all, I’ve said that a truly great budget laptop is something of a PC holy grail — very valuable but also about as hard to find. Laptops around the $500 mark have to make tough decisions and compromise on design, materials, performance or…

The Surface Laptop Go is Microsoft’s second try at an affordable Surface, and it hits the mark better than the original Surface Go tablet did. It still offers compromises, with strategic cuts to keep the price competitive with a Chromebook. Still, they’re mostly smart decisions even a sub-1080p display and Windows 10 in S Mode didn’t turn us off. Although the Surface Laptop Go lacks the easy…

Microsoft’s Surface lineup, long a showcase for the most advanced hardware design ideas in the Windows ecosystem, now welcomes a $549.99 laptop for the rest of us. With streamlined component configurations and the omission of some of the more futuristic Surface Laptop 3 features, the new Surface Laptop Go will appeal to price-sensitive buyers who need a sensible workhorse laptop for light…

Earlier this month, Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Go. You’re probably already familiar with the Surface Go, which is now on its second generation, and the Laptop Go aims to achieve the same goal. The key is in the word ‘Go’. They’re both smaller, lighter products that you can call super-portable. But they do it in different ways. With the Surface Go, it uses an underpowered Pentium…

The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go is made for a wide audience with modest needs, who want an elegant laptop that doesn’t cost four figures. But it still looks a lot like a premium laptop, thanks to its aluminum lid and keyboard deck, as well as thinner bezels than you find in Apples laptops. You won’t call the Surface Laptop Go a powerhouse (at any configuration), but its general performance gives…

In late 2018, I reviewed Microsoft’s first “Go” device and noted how it brought the fun back to Windows. After all, what’s not to love about a tiny Surface PC? Well, for one thing, the anemic processor, which was somewhat fixed with Surface Go 2.Surface Laptop Go, however, is a different mini-me PC. It packs a real Core i5 processor, has a slightly larger display, and while Microsoft cut some…

If you want a Surface laptop, but find the Surface Laptop 3 too big and the Surface Go 2 tablet a bit on the small side, you might find the new Surface Laptop Go the Goldilocks notebook you’ve been looking for. It’s light (1110g) and thin, with a 12.4-inch touchscreen (1536 x 1024 pixels) and a sturdy build. All models in the range are powered by an Intel Core i5 (10th gen) CPU.…

Microsoft debuted the new Surface Laptop Go in early October, showing off what, for all intents and purposes, is just a smaller, more affordable Surface Laptop. While that doesn’t necessarily make for the most exciting first impression, the value proposition makes it a compelling laptop to consider. But how do those expectations hold up?Now that the Surface Laptop Go is actually available,…

The new Microsoft Surface Go boasts performance (10th Generation Intel i5 Quad Core CPU), portability (1.1kg / 13 hour battery) and visual appeasing aesthetics (Aluminum with polycarbonate composite resin) that start at just $999AUD (November 2020). Adding to your personal style, it comes in three different colours that include ice blue, sandstone and platinum (reviewed) and its slim and…

The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go comes loaded with reliable hardware, comfortable software, and a convenient package. Its small but capable, light, and easy to carry around, so as their advertising states you can turn any place into your workspace. Its not a perfect machine, but if your demands are low and your budget is flexible, it’ll happily get the job done.The design is compact with a 12.4…

When the Surface range began life as a single 2-in-1 back in 2012, few could have imagined just how quickly Microsoft’s hardware would expand. There are now a staggering nine product lines, with four brand new devices launching in the last three years alone. The latest of these is the Surface Laptop Go, a traditional clamshell device pitched as an affordable…