It’s only for charging and carries no data. There’s also a headphone jack.Įlsewhere, there’s the proprietary Surface Connect on the right side. Alongside USB-A, there’s a USB-C port, which isn’t Thunderbolt-compatible for security reasons. Just as on the bigger 13-inch sibling, the main ports are on the left side of the device.

The Surface Laptop Go has what some other premium laptops lack these days in a USB-A port. Its weight is less than the 2.84 pounds of the standard Surface Laptop 3, and close to the 2.3 pounds on the Pixelbook Go. I can hold the laptop over my desk between two fingers and almost dangle it like a sheet of paper. Coming in at 2.45 pounds and just 0.62 inches thick, the Surface Laptop Go is a featherweight. There is a benefit to the partially plastic construction. One of those is the choice of casing material. Microsoft did have to make changes to the Surface Laptop Go design to fit the price. Surface fans would have been upset if Microsoft released an all-plastic Surface laptop. I think Microsoft was smart in keeping the top half aluminum. There’s no flex when typing, and, when I attempted to bend the screen, it didn’t flex, either. That includes both the keyboard deck and the screen. Still, Microsoft has paid attention to the most important parts of the Surface Laptop Go. Though Microsoft says this is a durable material that won’t scratch, it is here where the Surface Laptop Go feels more like an HP Chromebook 14, or an all-plastic Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5. The bottom part of the Surface Laptop Go is made of a polycarbonate composite resin made with glass fiber and 30% postconsumer recycled content. The top lid and the keyboard of the Surface Laptop Go shine bright with a familiar aluminum finish, but the rest of the laptop doesn’t. The new $550 Surface Laptop Go might look like a smaller version of the 13-inch Surface Laptop, but as soon as I lifted it out of the box, it felt very different. Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Studio 2 might get a massive performance boostīest Microsoft Surface Pro deals for January 2023ĭoes that mean Microsoft has to take too many cuts for? Or does the Surface Laptop Go have everything it takes to be your new go-to laptop for productivity? Surface meets Chromebook

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