(15-inch gaming laptops with 1080p screens also have very little pixel density, but they typically make up for that with faster refresh rates and higher quality screens.) The 12-inch MacBook, for example, offered a pixel density of 226 PPI. That’s something I haven’t experienced with an ultraportable in years, especially since Apple made its high-resolution Retina Display the standard.
For context, even the first Surface Go was sharper! The Laptop Go’s screen offers just 148 pixels per inch (PPI), which means if you lean in close it’s easy to see individual pixels.
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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