{"id":11820,"date":"2022-08-07T15:10:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T15:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/07\/microsoft-surface-laptop-go-2-review-a-little-laptop-for-light-work\/"},"modified":"2022-08-07T15:10:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T15:10:51","slug":"microsoft-surface-laptop-go-2-review-a-little-laptop-for-light-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/07\/microsoft-surface-laptop-go-2-review-a-little-laptop-for-light-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 review: a little laptop for light work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23293491\/microsoft-surface-laptop-go-2-review<\/a>
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Small, premium laptops \u2014 truly small ones \u2014 have fallen out of fashion in recent years. The smallest computer Apple sells has a 13.3-inch screen. Dell\u2019s tiniest XPS comes with a 13.4-inch panel. HP\u2019s Spectre X360 line scales down to 13.5-inch screens, which the company lists as a 14-inch class. The 11- or 12-inch laptops you can buy (the ones that aren\u2019t tablets trying to masquerade as something else) are typically cheap and slow. Modern laptops have trimmed weights and bezels and frames considerably, making it easier to tote around those 13-inch or larger screens, finding a premium, consumer laptop with 12-inch or smaller screen for the ultimate in portability is a challenge.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Microsoft\u2019s Surface Laptop Go 2 comes in. The least expensive laptop Microsoft sells (not counting the education-only Laptop SE<\/a>), the $599-and-up Laptop Go 2, is also the smallest and lightest, with a 12.4-inch screen and weight of just under two and a half pounds. But it maintains the Surface design aesthetic and features, including a comfortable keyboard, clear speakers and microphones, a smooth trackpad, and 3:2 aspect ratio.<\/p>\n

Of course, that portability doesn\u2019t come without compromise. The Go 2 doesn\u2019t have the range of processor, RAM, and storage options of larger laptops, sticking with an 11th Gen Core i5 processor and maxing out at 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Battery life doesn\u2019t even reach half a day of work for me. This isn\u2019t a computer for heavy, demanding workloads (and certainly not gamers or those doing creative visual work). It\u2019s meant for someone who just needs to stay on top of email, compose some documents, and browse the web and wants a small, light on-the-go machine. After all, it\u2019s right in the name.<\/p>\n

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