I could actually still see it sitting outside on a sunny day. Clear and bright, the screen is very accurate, with sharp lettering, vibrant colours and dark blacks. The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 has a 12.4-inch PixelSense touchscreen display with a resolution of 1536 x 1024p and a 3:2 aspect ratio.

If you're hoping for facial recognition as well then unfortunately you won't get that here. I thought it worked well, I got into the desktop quickly each time I went to use it. The power button doubles up as a fingerprint sensor which you can use to unlock the PC. Some people might also be looking for a few more ports, like an HDMI or a MicroSD card slot, for example. It’s a shame that the included charger isn’t USB-C like you’d now get with a lot of other laptops, it makes things a lot easier if you were to damage or lose the cable.Īnother issue I had with the charger is that it doesn’t magnetically snap in so it takes a bit of fiddling with when you go to hook it up to power. In terms of connectivity, there are a few different ports around the frame including a USB-C, a USB-A, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and the Surface Connect port which it uses for charging. You will struggle to use this at night as well because there's no backlighting on the keys. Because they’re spaced quite closely together, the keys took me a bit of getting used to and I did sometimes end up mistyping, especially when I was bashing out a long document.

Inside, the rubberised plastic keys match the body in colour, with white letters, characters and numbers. I get the impression that this would survive being knocked about a bit, it doesn't easily pick up scratches or even fingerprint marks. You can buy it in 3 different colours including Platinum, Sage, Ice Blue and Sandstone - the model I took a look at was the Sandstone which has a slight rose gold tone to it and is made from matte aluminium with a mirrored Microsoft logo on the lid. It measures 278.2 x 206.2 x 15.7mm and weighs 1.13kg which means it will fit into even smaller bags - you could carry it around all the time without feeling too weighed down.īecause of that, it will be ideal for both students but also for office workers who need something small to take back and forth on their commute.Īs you’d expect from Microsoft, the more general design is stripped back but stylish. Impressively compact, the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 is well suited to those who plan to work on the go a lot.

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