With the excellent build quality, I’d have no issue tossing this in a backpack and taking it on the go. The Laptop Go is pleasantly light and the size makes it incredibly portable. ![]() In many ways, the Surface Laptop Go feels a lot like Apple’s discontinued 12-inch MacBook, although not quite as sleek and certainly more powerful. However, it feels really nice and other than looking a bit odd next to the aluminum, doesn’t significantly detract from the experience. The lid and the top of the laptop around the keyboard are aluminum, but Microsoft says it used a plastic resin made with 30 percent glass fibre and 40 percent recycled material for the underside of the laptop. ![]() That’s not the case with the Surface Laptop Go, which feels surprisingly premium - even with the plastic base. Typically with smaller, lower-cost laptops like this, manufacturers cut costs with build quality and you end up with flex in the display or body. Once I pulled the Ice Blue Laptop Go out of the package, I was even more impressed.ĭespite being a relatively minuscule 12.4-inches (which isn’t that much smaller than the 13.5-inch Surface Laptop), the Laptop Go is remarkably sturdy. It was smaller than other Surface packaging, hinting at the sleek laptop within. When I saw the box the Surface Laptop Go came in, I was excited. Ports: 1x USB-C, 1x USB-A, 3.5mm headphone jack, 1x Surface Connect port.Battery: Up to 13 hours of “typical device usage”.Operating System: Windows 10 Home in S Mode.Camera: 720p HD f/2.0 front-facing camera.Storage: 64GB eMMC, 128GB SSD or 256GB SSD.Processor: 10th Gen Intel Core i5-1035G1.Display: 12.4-inch PixelSense Display, 1536 x 1024 pixel resolution (148ppi), 3:2 aspect ratio, 10-point multi-touch.On the other hand, it took only a few minutes of browsing on Best Buy to find laptops with similar guts to the Laptop Go with much cheaper prices. ![]() The Laptop Go is mostly unmatched in the Windows laptop space. On the one hand, I think the Laptop Go is an excellent computer, especially for fans of small form-factor PCs. Ultimately, the higher-than expected price puts the Laptop Go - and myself - in an awkward spot.
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