The trackpad is accurate, responsive and surprisingly large for a laptop this small.
The keyboard is spread out nicely, making typing a breeze. The Surface Laptop go is small and concise while being easy to use. And for what it can do, this is a reasonable price. So the Surface Laptop Go is definitely on the affordable side for lightweight “ultraportable,” laptops. The most obvious one being the late 2020 MacBook Air with the M1 chip, costing NZ$1,749 (US$899 £999) for a 256GB model with 8GB of unified memory. The ultraportable laptop market is challenging to stand out in, and the mid-tier Surface Laptop Go has several competitors. The extra NZ$400 (US$200) for 128GB of storage is expensive and a rip-off when an external SSD with the same amount of memory costs around NZ$60 (US$45). The extra 4GB of RAM it has on the entry-level model will provide noticeable boosts in performance and speed and the only difference between the mid-tier model and the max configuration is 128GB of SSD memory. The best option for this laptop is the mid-tier model with the 128GB SSD. You can get the mid-spec model with 8GB Ram and a 128GB SSD for NZ$1399 (US$699 £699) and the top-spec model with 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD for NZ$1749 (US$899 £699). There is a more affordable option with an Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM and a 64GB SSD costing NZ$1149 (US$549, £549).
The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go comes in three price categories based on the specs.
iPad Air (2020) review: Air + Magic Keyboard = Winner.Which M1 MacBook should I buy? MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro.However, it is hard to look past the M1 Macbook Air and its dominating performance in the ultraportable laptop market. Not everyone wants a Mac laptop, though, and Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go is an affordable option for those people. The Intel chip in the Surface Laptop Go can’t get anywhere near the MacBook Airs’ M1 chip’s capabilities – Intel chips have a long way to go before they reach the powers of the M1.īecause of this, the bar has been raised and what was accepted performance for an ultraportable laptop a few months ago, is now bad performance, and Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go falls into this category. All while being only NZ$500 more expensive. It has a sleek, comfortable design with a fantastic keyboard however, compared to the market leader, the M1 MacBook Air, it severely lacks in performance and battery.Īpple’s new M1 MacBook Air does everything the Surface Laptop Go can, and so much more. The Surface Go is targeted towards students and business-people, and it does a good job of appealing to these types. With the Surface Laptop Go, Microsoft isn’t trying to introduce a top of the range, powerhouse laptop.
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