Microsoft Surface Laptop Go - 12.4 Touchscreen - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Platinum

I thought it came with MSOffice....that was a disappointment,

This is everything Id hoped for in an ultraportable laptop. Super lightweight, easy to carry around, small enough to fit into a day bag, but still decently powerful. Having an SSD vs eMMC for storage and an i5 for a processor makes this feel much snappier than other similar laptops in this class. This also runs Linux almost perfectly, except for the fingerprint reader. My only gripe is the screen is a little dark when using this outside, but its not unusable. Overall, highly recommended.

Its a fine, standard laptop for 2020 that isnt expensive. In my opinion, WAY better than Asus Chromebooks. Im a teacher who has to teach virtually during lockdown, so Im streaming audio and video all day long. I have to say -- for a relatively inexpensive laptop, it handles the streaming well. It does get overwhelmed and slow down when Im in 2 or more Google Classrooms simultaneously and have open multiple windows and 20+ tabs, but I dont think the laptop is to blame, more the crazy demands of virtual teaching. The camera is a huge upgrade from my 2011 Asus laptop. WARNING: theres only 1 usb port, so that Anker multi-port plug-in is a MUST. But its very cheap compared to what Best Buy tried to sell me ($15 vs. $90!!) and works flawlessly. I bought it here along with the laptop.

My husband loves this new laptop. It is thin and goes everywhere, and is great value for the price!

If youre looking for a pretty laptop that doesnt work for anything, from a company that will stand far away from their products, this is the one.

The only complaints I have so far are that the keyboard doesnt seem to have a backlight for making being in the dark with it easier, nor does the mouse/finger pad work like normal. I cannot for the life of me figure out if its a user problem or a computer problem. I have had to install a wireless mouse to use for when Im trying to select text to copy or drag and drop or whatever. I have to use the touchscreen if I want to move the windows around. All this because the parts of the finger pad that are supposed function as the right/left clicks do not appear to be working.

I was convinced by Amazon that buying renewed would be beneficial to the world and eco-friendly, so I trusted them and bought a renewed laptop. The laptop itself was great, I actually ended up loving the laptop. Everything worked fine and it seemed like new for the first week give or take... except for the charger. The charger is similar to Apples chargers in the sense that you can put in in any direction and it should still charge. Well, my charger right out of the box was already problematic and I had to angle it just right to get my laptop to charge. Fast forward to last night and my charger just stops working. I tried all the different angles and blowing into it and everything but my laptop will just not charge any more. Returning it ASAP since I literally cannot use it any more. /:

Ive been using mostly Dells for the last ten years and dont have much experience with Microsoft laptops, but I have a coworker with a Surface and raves about how great it is, especially the portability. So I ditched my Dell Latitude for work for a few months and tried out this Surface Go. Its cheaper than the Surface Pro, but lacks some of the cool features like the tablet mode and portability. But this is still an extremely portable laptop. Initially I was using a laptop bag for it until I realized how ridiculous that was given the size of the laptop, and traded out my bulky laptop bag for a sleek neoprene cover that the Go just slides in. Sometimes I dont even use that because the Go is so lightweight and slim. Even though the Go is thin and lightweight, it does not feel cheap and definitely feels like a sturdy laptop or tablet. I love how thi the bezel is around the monitor. It doesnt have too many peripheral ports, just one USB-A and one USB-C, a headphone jack, and the power connection. I use the USB-A for my mouse, which means there wasnt one available for a keyboard for when I work from home, so I ultimately ended up supplementing it with an external peripheral dock. The keyboard is excellent and much closer to a regular keyboard than a laptop keyboard, since it spreads out over the entire chassis. The trackpad is large, although I do prefer to use a mouse. The Go boots up super quickly. It has a decent processor and I have no delays in standard processing and productivity applications, even with multitasking. I even use it for some light gaming, although it certainly doesnt meet the system requirements of most of the newer games. Display is excellent and I love using it for travel to watch media on. The colors are bright and vivid, and it works great outdoors as well. This is definitely a great budget laptop if you dont need anything for heavy processing. I do find it gets a bit sluggish though when I have a bunch of Chrome tabs open.

Its a decent laptop. Battery is good, and it is lightweight. Serves the purpose for a college student. I use it a couple hours a day. However, I think that for the price, it should have came with a lit keyboard and better sound. The speakers are pretty bad.

My son got one of these for signing up for college summer classes early, and he liked his so much I bought one for myself. This model has worked perfectly for online schooling for my sons (one college, one middle school) as well as my own work from home and career advancement classes online. I’m still using a desktop when I’m home but this lets me continue my work and son’s schooling when traveling. My boys play less video-intensive games on it as well. I highly recommend this model.