Unfortunately, we were less than enthused by the machine’s meager battery life and its sub-full HD display.

Its general performance provided enough speed for basic multitasking and its port selection struck a nice balance between modern and legacy ports. Its aluminum lid, keyboard deck and thin bezels gave it the appearance of a premium system. We thought the Surface Laptop Go was a solid, if unremarkable laptop. However, the pair of far-field mics built into the laptop should help you sound pretty good. Unfortunately, the Surface Laptop Go 2 sports only a 720p webcam, so you probably won't look your best during video calls. Luckily, its always SSD storage, unlike the original entry-level Laptop Go which came with lower-quality eMMC storage instead.Īs noted above, you can pay an extra $100 for twice the RAM (up to 8GB) and another $100 to double the SSD size, so for roughly $800 you get a Laptop Go 2 with 8GB LPDDR4x RAM and 256GB of storage. Like its predecessor, the starting model of Laptop Go 2 ships with 4GB of RAM, but it starts with 128GB of SSD storage. However, it's still not exactly the cutting edge, since Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake chips have been redefining our expectations of laptop power efficiency for months now. The Surface Laptop Go 2 comes with Windows 11 and packs an 11th Gen Intel® Core i5-1135G7 processor, which is a step up from the 10th Gen i5 that powered its predecessor. Specifically, the SSD, battery, display cover and trackpad are all designed to be removable and replaceable (though Microsoft cautions you only to trust a certified technician using Microsoft's guidelines) which is a nice nod to sustainability that renders the Go 2 more repairable than its predecessor. Microsoft also claims to have redesigned the chassis to be more easily accessible, so that you can get more of the Surface Laptop Go 2 repaired by third-party shops (or your handy friend) without having to ship it back to Microsoft.

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