Microsoft announces Surface Laptop Go 2
Miscellaneous / / June 01, 2022
It weighs less than the MacBook Air, but its capabilities are much more modest.
Microsoft has officially announced the second generation of budget laptops Surface Laptop Go. This is not a powerful work machine, and it does not try to be it at all: rather, it is an inexpensive device for watching videos, communicating and performing simple tasks in office applications. At the same time, it is very light - 1.12 kg - and has a thickness of 1.5 cm.
Basically, it's a low-cost Chromebook alternative for those who prefer Microsoft's operating system - and of course, it comes with Windows 11 out of the box.
Surface Laptop Go 2 upgrades from 10th gen Intel Core i5 to 11th gen (i5-1135G7 instead of i5-1035G1) with integrated Iris graphics xe. We also added a fingerprint scanner (built into the power key on the keyboard), and the webcam resolution was increased to 720p.
At the same time, the laptop retained a few shortcomings for which the first generation was scolded: 12.4-inch screen still has a rather low resolution of 1536 x 1024 pixels, and the keyboard is still not backlit. The manufacturer promises up to 13 hours of battery life, but in the first generation, with the same declared autonomy, the battery was discharged in about 6.5 hours of watching YouTube. It is not clear if this figure has improved in the new version.
The cost of the laptop has increased slightly, $599 versus $549 for the first generation, but this can be explained by the increase in storage from 64 to 128 GB in the standard version. RAM is still 4 GB - and this is LPDDR4x. For those who don't have enough, there are also 8/128 and 8/256 GB versions for $699 and $799, respectively. Apart from memory, they are no different from the base model.
The Surface Laptop Go 2 will go on sale June 7th. Three colors will be available: platinum, grayish green, blue and gold. The basic configuration is available only in platinum, more interesting colors are available only for more expensive models.