For the older Core i5-1035G1, the base frequency is 1GHz and can turbo to 3.60GHz with up to 25W TDP. While both the 10th Gen and 11th Gen Intel processors feature four cores with eight threads, the speed improvement is significant with the newer model. The new processor is the star of the show here. In specific lighting, it looks darker other times, it seems almost like platinum, and it has a lovely shimmer. Like the other colors, including ice blue, it’s a subtle color that is not overwhelming and won’t draw much attention, but just enough for those who want a little flair. The use of sage green for 2022 is a welcomed option. Surface Laptop Go 2: The top is metal, but the bottom is soft polycarbonate. That choice works well as the material offsets costs, make it more durable, and reduces the weight to just 2.48lbs (1.12kg), which is up a hair from the original’s 2.45 pounds (1.1kg) weight. That’s a difference from 2020 when it shipped with Windows 10 in S mode – a slightly locked-down version of the older OS.Ībout 50 percent of the Surface Laptop Go chassis is aluminum (lid and keyboard deck), but the bottom half is a soft-touch polycarbonate. Surface Laptop Go 2 ships with full Windows 11 Home out of the box.

While the look is very similar to Surface Laptop, the Surface Laptop Go 2 drops many top-tier features like a high-resolution display, better audio, and webcam but does so without sacrificing the overall experience especially at this price point.

Surface Laptop Go 2 is relatively easy to describe: It’s a smaller, lighter version of the premium Surface Laptop series, and it’s a traditional clamshell laptop but with a touch display. Surface Laptop Go (Ice Blue) and Surface Laptop Go 2 (Sage). While those are not earth-shattering, they are all welcomed changes, as we’ll see when comparing benchmarks between the older and newer Surface Laptop Go models. Windows 11 Home (instead of Windows 10 in S mode).Secured-Core (Kernel direct access memory protection).Better repairability for display and keyboard.Intel Iris Xe graphics (instead of UHD).No 64GB eMMC version, just 128/256GB PCIe 3.0 SSD.While everyone will focus on the newer processor, quite a few cascading effects and new features summarize the differences between Surface Laptop Go and Surace Laptop Go 2.

Omnisonic Speakers with Dolby-Audio Premium Surface Laptop Go 2 specifications Categoryġ2.4-inch 1536 x 1024 (148 ppi) 3:2 PixelSense Touch displayġx USB-A, 1x USB-C, 3.5mm audio jack, Surface Connect port

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