Surface Laptop Go: Microsoft’s 12.4-inch laptop for $549

Microsoft is introducing a new Opencast Laptop Go today, planned to be a more affordable alternative to the company's more exchange premiu devices. It's one of the lowest-cost Surface devices yet, at just $549. It's lone beaten in Microsoft's card by the $399 Surface Go on 2, and is intelligibly designed to target potential Chromebook buyers. But just like the Surface Go 2, the new Surface Laptop Go compromises on any glasses to bother a lower price point.

The Come on Laptop Go, as the name implies, is mostly the same Surface you've seen before, only littler and lighter. Microsoft is using a smaller 12.4-inch display than the 13.5-edge in one found connected the Rise up Laptop 3, but information technology's besides lengthwise at just 1536 x 1024 resolution. That's still more than standard 720p HD thanks to the 3:2 aspect ratio, simply even the Surface Go 2 managed to hit 1920 x 1280 on a small 10.5-inch display.

Microsoft Earth's surface Laptop Go in blue.

This little frame makes the Surface Laptop Go the lightest Surface laptop ever, at just 2.45 pounds. That's lighter than Apple's MacBook Aerate, and many Chromebooks OR Windows laptops at this price point. Microsoft is still including a full size keyboard, with 1.3mm of travel, and a queen-size Windows Precision trackpad.

Unlike the Surface Go lozenge, Microsoft is shipping what I'd call a real central processing unit inside the Laptop Go. Microsoft has opted for a 10th Gen Intel Core group i5 (1035G1), rather than the Intel Pentium Chromatic processor found on the base Rise up Go. It's not the latest 11th Gen Intel processors we're starting to get word in other laptops, but the quad-core silicon chip should be comfortable for this type of device.

Unfortunately, the unethical model of the Come out Laptop computer Go includes just 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage. Both are sobering drawbacks for a Windows laptop in 2020, especially when you can weft rising something suchlike Acer's Aspire 3 with the same processor, 8GB of RAM, 512GB of SSD storage, and a bigger 15-edge 1080p display for $549.

You're obviously paying a insurance premium for Surface design here, but I would hold liked to have seen some improvements in the minimum RAM and storage options. If you want many, there's a $699 Surface Laptop Go model that comes with 8GB of Drive in and 128GB of SSD repositing.

*The new fingerprint reader on the Surface Laptop Go.*

Microsoft is projected with one USB-C and one regular USB-A port happening the Surface Laptop Go, alongside a headphone seaman and Surface Connect charging interface. At the front there's a 720p webcam, but information technology South Korean won't support face recognition through Windows Hi. Instead, Microsoft has integrated a fingerprint reader into the might button along some Skin-deep Laptop computer Die out models, allowing you to log into Windows with your finger. The Base $549 model won't include the fingerprint reader, though. For that, you'll penury to buy the $699 or $899 models.

There's also WI-Fi 6 support and fast charging to top the battery busy 80 percent in just an hour. Microsoft is oblation trey color variants connected the Surface Laptop XTC: amobarbital sodium, sandstone, and platinum.

The Come up Laptop Go testament equal available for preorders nowadays starting at $549, and will set forth shipping along October 13th. There will be three models available for consumers:

Intel Substance i5, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of eMMC storage: $549.99
Intel Nucleus i5, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of SSD computer storage: $699.99
Intel Heart i5, 8GB of RAM, 256GBGB of SSD storage: $899.99

Microsoft is also launching new Surface accessories today, including a $69.99 Designer Dense Keyboard, a $24.99 Microsoft Number Pad that gives you the option of a enumerate pad, and a $69.99 4K Wireless Display Adapter to facilitate project Windows devices onto bigger screens.