An upgraded processor, new color option, and enhanced webcam highlight this straightforward refresh.
Starting with the new, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is powered by an 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 CPU, a bump from the 10th Gen Core i5-1035G1. While this last-gen chip gets you slightly better performance, I’d argue that an even more significant upgrade is the 128GB SSD in the base model, up from the meager 64GB in the previous version. You can upgrade to 256GB if you need even more storage space.
/2.0 webcam and dual microphones. I’ve heard this line before and I won’t believe it until I see it with my own eyes.We can only hope the extra 30 minutes of battery life Microsoft advertises amounts to more significant improvements in our real-world tests. The original laptop was supposed to get 13 hours on a charge,
but it died after just 6 hours and 32 minutes on our YouTube video playback test with the screen set to 200 nits. That’s...awful. If this isn’t much better,Advertisement It’s hard not to shrug at the Surface Laptop Go 2. The original model was an excellent choice for budget PC shoppers, and this new version will likely follow right along. The upgraded processors, new color option
, and enhanced webcams are welcome additions, but I feel there are many missed opportunities to add value; for example, by adding backlighting to the keyboard, offering a larger display option, or using an IR camera with facial recognition.