Don't Make a Mistake - Surface Laptop Go 2

Hands on with Microsoft's newest Surface Laptop Go 2

Chapter Titles
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0:00 Hello and Welcome
0:16 “This is my Favorite..”
1:08 “Amazing for Productivity..”
1:48 4 Gigs of RAM?!?!
2:55 Specs and Screen
4:05 Upgradeability
4:50 “This Pricing is Egregious..”
6:01 Gaming Performance
6:57 Battery Life
8:07 “It’s for Portability..”
8:58 “I Don’t Know Where This Fits In…”
10:00 “The Problem Is..”
11:00 “The Most Egregious Thing..”
12:10 “It’s Not About Specs..”
12:48 What do you think?

[KiraHerdman]

Refreshing to see reviewers not just bang on about specs but what it's like to work on. I have a Surface 2 Go Core M3. I use it to write scripts for my radio show and write my blog. for that, and the fact I do that in a coffee shop, and not worry about it making a noise, battery life etc it's perfect for. this laptop would be perfect for that also. Most people who game have a dedicated PC for that, or a console. For office work, research, Watching YouTube or Prime and Video calling, these are perfect.

[Mattijs]

I actually own the Surface Laptop GO 2 (8GB RAM - 128GB SSD Storage). Bought it for €549, - and I think it's amazing. Not a hardcore gamer or anything. I'm just an average user (internet and documents) that also likes to watch some videos and this laptop is more than fast enough. Really enjoy using it.

The materials used for this laptop are so good. It feels and looks really premium.

[patrickcielma]

As a student who bought the Surface Laptop Go 1, 4 months ago, the form factor and the overall experience is great. I managed to get the midspec model for $700 AUD ($500 US), and as such i dont think there are many laptops i couldve gotten for the price that are as nice to use for school as the Go 1. When i heard about the pricing for the Go 2 and the lack of changes there were, model to model, i think i got really lucky.

[neneseal]

I got the laptop go last September and love it.

The 1024p screen is fine, performance more than enough, built quality is fantastic, trackpad and keyboard are amazing, touch screen is useful.

The 2 things that it lacks is backlit keyboard and only 5 hrs or so battary life.

I am so disappointed that the laptop go 2 doesn't use 12 gen i5, just get the laptop go 1 for now, much better deal.

[GregBrecker]

I got the surface go with $200 off the mid spec model. $499 was great for me. Very portable decent battery life. Nice top shell, looks very nice in sandstone.

[Poisoned]

I just bought this 8gb/128gb sage green version. i went into my local best buy to try out a variety of laptops and just really loved the 3:2 aspect ratio, the keyboard, and the small and portable size of it. i dont really care about backlit keys; i find the nubs on the 'f' and 'j' key and im set. i would like to replace the ssd myself at some point though.

[Soundog_Babylon]

The whole 'you cannot game' is a bit misleading.. I've been rocking a generation 1 surface go... And it is a retro gaming monster! Doom, quake, unreal tournament 2004.... It is the most portable gamefest I have ever owned. Yeah it isn't gonna do the microtransactions and the live service... ( Oh my god what a shame!!!)

My steam and gog library is 2000 and around that. And my surface does great! So this laptop go 2 maybe ok for retro gaming!

[billw.]

Went on Facebook marketplace and bought a brand new base model surface laptop go. Then went on to eBay and purchase a 512 GB SSD for $79, and in total I did not even spend over $300 and got an instant upgrade. Opened up the laptop go and it wasn't hard to swap out the emmc to ssd. Tutorials everywhere on YouTube. Now to get more ram, used micro SD card and in windows 10 you can configure your micro SD card to ram. So now I have 512gb ssd and total of 12gb ram.

[shamil]

I just bought one off of Amazon for $350. Specs was core i5 8 gb ram with 128 ssd. Only catch is that it's renewed, which isn't a problem.

[MegaZeeeh]

That's what they want... They attract you with $600 and you end with a $1000 laptop

[tipoomaster]

Too expensive for what it is once you pass the terribly specced base model, and no keyboard backlight is a killer. You get way too close to M1 MBA prices with much more performance, a high DPI screen, and a backlit keyboard, especially if you err, use the education store because you're totally a student.

[AndrewTheKingOfPenguins]

The problem with this laptop is that I was able to get a factory refurbished Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 14 with 16GB of RAM, Ryzen 5700U and RX Vega 8 that is a touch screen 2-in-1, has a fingerprint sensor, and is just as light and portable with great IO, 65W USB-C Charger included, and it only cost $480.

[ZayabelDraga]

I have the surface pro 7 and I've been hating it since I bought it. Everything crashes, it overheats, sometimes it don't recognize it's own keyboard and the battery drains fast AF. At least my Switch Charger can charge it too

[fightnight]

I was shopping for one now and the naming is confusing especially when retailers use their tricks to deceive their customers. They advertised the laptop go 1 along with the laptop go 2 and it almost fooled me.
Edit: and especially when RAM and CPU config comes to play. So confusing

[Neytiri]

i got the surface laptop 2 on sale. 8g of RAM. 128GB ssd. and i love it

[TheZoenGaming]

My step-father loves his Surface Laptop. He doesn't play games more complicated than hearts or minesweeper, though.

[GGori_]

How Austin said "ENOUGH.." is just satisfying

[floriannowak]

One thing no reviewer mentions is that the Surface Laptop Go doesn't support pen input. When you buy a Surface product, you would normally expect it to have a pen digitizer...

[Joseph_Fisher]

I love the surface products, they are the apple of windows PC's, but the best part is the depreciation, the $2800 15 inch surface book 2 is now worth only $700 and its worth it, I love mine, I use it every day, only need to charge it every 2 days, not as powerful as other products but the value is there, of course its used but if you are carefull when searching and purhasing a used product, you will be fine

[insenjojo]

off topic, i love the brotherhood between the PS5 & XBOX controller at the