

Battery life varies significantly with settings, usage and other factors. All settings were default except screen brightness was set to 150nits with Auto-Brightness disabled. The active use portion consists of (1) a web browsing test accessing 8 popular websites over multiple open tabs, (2) a productivity test utilising Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, and (3) a portion of time with the device in use with idle applications. Testing consisted of full battery discharge with a mixture of active use and modern standby. Testing conducted by Microsoft in February 2021 using preproduction Windows 10 software and preproduction 13.5” AMD Ryzen™ 5 Microsoft Surface® Edition processor, 8GB RAM device. Up to 19 hours of battery life based on typical Surface device usage Surface Laptop 4 13.5” AMD Ryzen™ 5 Microsoft Surface® Edition processor 8 GB RAM.See aka.ms/SurfaceBatteryPerformance for details. Battery life varies significantly based on usage, network and feature configuration, signal strength, settings and other factors.Microsoft 365 and some software and accessories sold separately.If you're looking for a compact laptop that doesn't sacrifice performance for price, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is a wise choice. It's on par with the Surface Laptop Go (2.5 pounds, 11 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches) and lighter than the M2 MacBook Air (2.7 pounds, 12 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches) Dell XPS 13 (2.8 pounds, 11.6 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches). With a weight of 2.5 pounds and measuring 11 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is easy to tote around. We gave the Surface Laptop Go an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5-stars - deducting points for its subpar battery life and lack of back-lit keys. Given the Surface Go 2's upgraded 11th Gen Intel i5 CPU, we expect its performance to be on par if not better. Even with two tabs playing 1080p YouTube videos while another pair streamed Twitch, there was no crash or lag. In real-world tests, the Laptop Go's 10th Gen Intel Core i5 CPU loaded 20 Microsoft Edge browser tabs quickly. For storing important files, it houses a 128GB solid state drive.Īlthough we didn't test this sequel, we reviewed the Surface Laptop Go and liked its stylish, premium design, great display and class-leading keyboard.

The laptop in this deal packs a 12.4-inch (1536 x 1024) touchscreen, 2.4-GHz Intel Core i5-1135G7 4-core CPU, GB of RAM and Iris Xe Graphics. Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go 2 improves upon its predecessor with an upgraded processor and HD camera.
