A budget-minded laptop that looks nice but skimps on the screen and webcam.
The first Surface Laptop Go I reviewed back in 2020 started at $550. The second version, from 2022, started at $600. Meanwhile, the new Surface Laptop Go 3 from Microsoft jumps to an $800 starting price. That’s inflation for you, I guess. But it’s also largely the same system, yes, updated with newer processors and some higher-end configuration options, but the body, screen, and keyboard remain the same.
The keyboard isn’t backlit, which should be a given at $800 and up, and the dark gray on dark green makes it easy to lose track of the keys in dim lighting conditions. Ports are skimpy. You get a single USB-A, a single USB-C, a headphone jack and a slot for Microsoft’s proprietary magnetic power plug. It includes a lower-resolution 720 webcam, when almost every new laptop has jumped to full HD webcams.
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