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New Surface Laptop Go Announced

19 October 2020 by Karl Rivers Leave a Comment

Seemingly out of nowhere, Microsoft has announced the release of a new member of the Surface family, the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go.

Building on the success of the Surface Go, the Surface Laptop Go is a mid-range laptop styled after its bigger brother the Surface Laptop 3.

While the Laptop Go might be priced to be Microsoft’s budget Surface laptop, the design quality still reflects the rest of the Surface range.

Fligrid running on the Surface Laptop Go

The new device features a 12.4″ PixelSense™ 1536 x 1024 (148 ppi) display and interactive touchscreen, 13 hours of battery life, a fingerprint sensor, an Intel i5 processor as standard on all models, and 720p HD camera and Studio Mics for those Microsoft Teams classes.

The Laptop Go comes in three colours, which Microsoft calls Ice Blue, Sandstone, and Platinum, but could also be called “meh,” “bleh”, and “huh”.

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Pricing

The Laptop Go comes in three flavours, but the only real differentiator between the models is the RAM and the storage, which step up in the familiar 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB.

The Laptop Go starts at £549, which is £150 more expensive than the standard Surface Go, but for that extra price, you get a larger screen, a faster processor, and more connectivity options.

Surface Laptop Go 64GB
  • Intel Core i5 Processor
  • 4GB RAM
  • 64GB SSD
See Price
Surface Laptop Go 128GB
  • Intel Core i5 Processor
  • 8GB RAM
  • 128GB SSD
  • Touch sign-in
See Price
Surface Laptop Go 256GB
  • Intel Core i5 Processor
  • 5GB RAM
  • 256GB SSD
  • Touch sign-in
See Price

Surface Laptop Go and Surface Go Comparison

Despite both having the “Go” branding, the Surface Go 2 and Surface Laptop Go are very different beasts. There’s the obvious difference of one being primarily a tablet and the other a laptop, but there’s also a big difference in the internals as well.

Surprisingly, despite having the Go branding, the Laptop Go screen is significantly larger than the Surface Go’ and isn’t that much smaller than the Surface Laptop 3’s 13.5″ screen.

FeatureSurface Laptop GoSurface Go 2
Screen Size12.4″10.5″
Resolution1536 x 10241920 x 1280
USB-C PortYesYes
USB-A PortNoNo
3.5mm Headphone PortYesYes
Surface Connector PortYesYes
MicroSD Card ReaderNoYes
Base Model Price£549£399

Surface Laptop Go Touch Sign-in

The 128GB and 256GB models feature a Fingerprint Power Button, which allows fingerprint sign-in through Windows Hello. This is the equivalent to Apple’s Touch ID, which Microsoft brands Touch Sign-in, and can be used to sign in to the device as well as supported apps and services.

There’s also an instant-on feature, which allows you to get right back to where you were working, just by touching the Touch Sign-in button.

This is the first time we’ve seen a fingerprint scanner on a Surface. It will be interesting to see if this feature makes it way to other models, which might provide greater security for student accounts rather than imposing the standard, and inconveninent, multi-factor authentication options.

Connectivity

The Surface Laptop Go has both a USB-A and a USB-C port alongside the standard Surface Dock connector. Missing, however, is the Surface Go’s MicroSD card reader and support for the Surface Dial.

Microsoft Laptop Go Release Date

The Surface Laptop Go will be released on 27th of October.

It’s the Surface we need

For those looking for a more cost-effective Surface in a laptop form factor, the Surface Laptop Go is a welcome entry in the Surface family. It has a larger screen, a faster processor, even in the base model, and feels like much less of a compromise if you don’t need the flexibility of a tablet. It will be interesting to see if the Surface Laptops takes off in schools as quickly as the Surface Go.

Find out more about the Surface Laptop Go on the Microsoft website

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About Karl Rivers

Karl Rivers is a Director of IT who has worked in education for more than twenty years. He won the Naace Impact Award for Supporting School Services.

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