Surface - Microsoft Surface Laptop Go

Affordable quality for everyday use, but not a portable performance powerhouse

SPECIFICATIONS

Processor Intel Core i5-1035G1 Screen 12.4-inch, 1536x1024 Memory 8GB Storage 128GB Battery life Up to 13 hours OS Windows 10 Dimensions 278.2x205.7x15.7mm Weight 1.11kg

The Surface Laptop Go marks an attempt by Microsoft to offer a more affordable alternative to its line of premium products – and in this case those premium products are the Surface Laptop 3 and the Surface Book 3.

It’s a laptop aimed at school and college students, or indeed anyone who wants an inexpensive laptop that’s going to take care of the basics. Emailing, essay writing, web browsing, movie watching... the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go handles all this very well. What you’re not going to get here is any kind of serious performance for high-end video and image editing projects, or gaming. If you need a laptop that works at top speed for more demanding tasks, then you’re going to have to spend a little bit more money.

The Surface Laptop Go comes with a bright, sharp 12.4-inch touchscreen, running at a resolution of 1536 x 1024 pixels – you’ll notice that’s a 3:2 aspect ratio, which makes it great for scrolling down long documents and webpages, but less great for sitting back and watching widescreen movies. The display bezels aren’t the thinnest we’ve ever seen, but they’re respectably svelte, and we also found the build quality more generally to be really good too.