There’s touchscreen support, naturally, but the Laptop Go unfortunately doesn’t work with the Surface Pen.Īs useful as its screen is, though, it also has a major downside: It's the lowest-resolution display we’ve ever seen on a Surface device, with a paltry 1,536 by 1,024 pixels. The tall 3:2 aspect ratio also makes the display more usable than a standard 12-inch widescreen there’s a bit more room for reading long articles or working on documents. There’s just enough room to have a web browser and note-taking app sitting side by side, or to keep a small YouTube window open while browsing Twitter.

It’s not as cramped as the Surface Go 2’s 10.5-inch display, which made multitasking difficult. The Surface Laptop Go’s 12.4-inch screen feels reminiscent of the ( dearly departed) 12-inch MacBook. (It’s actually the same weight as the Surface Pro 7 with its keyboard case, so clearly my gadget muscle memory is strong.)īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. It feels less like a laptop and more like an oversized tablet.

It might not seem like a huge difference at first, but I noticed that I handled the Laptop Go differently as I moved from room to room in my house. Speaking of the sort, this thing weighs just 2.45 pounds, a meaningful improvement over Microsoft’s 2.8-pound 13-inch Surface Laptop.

To be fair, Microsoft says the bottom case material contains around 40 percent glass fiber, so it’s not the cheapest-feeling plastic, and it helps keep the weight down, to boot. It feels rigid, and I sort of dig the soft touch texture, but it was my first reminder that this is a budget machine. The top still has the anodized aluminum we’ve gotten used to seeing since the very first Surface Laptop, but the bottom portion is made out of a plastic resin. Get up close, though, and you’ll notice that it doesn’t have an all-metal case. From afar, the Surface Laptop Go looks like a scale model version of Microsoft’s 13-inch Laptop series.

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