Microsoft launches its most affordable Surface Laptop Go

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By Ashish Mitra --
Thursday, 21 Jan, 2021

Microsoft has launched the Surface Laptop Go, its most affordable Surface laptop in India today. This one, like most other things comes with the usual asterisk in that its general affordability is completely subjective.

On paper, the Surface Laptop Go is a ‘lite’ take on the Surface Laptop 3 with a lighter profile (1.11kg) and obviously, toned down hardware. It still uses the Surface hallmark premium design—which remains its main USP— but it tries to do that at a slightly lower price.

While the Surface Laptop 3 starts at Rs 98,999, the Surface Laptop Go starts at Rs 63,499. Unlike the Surface Go 2—which is Microsoft’s most affordable Surface product in India, the Surface Laptop Go packs a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 processor not the measly Intel Pentium Gold.

Though, there is not a diverse choice of chipsets on offer in the case of the Surface Laptop Go as all the models are powered by the same core hardware.

The differences lie in RAM and storage which is where things start to get a little difficult to understand. The base model of the Surface Laptop Go comes with just 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC storage. For a model with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD storage, one will have to pay at least
Rs 71,999.

A maxed-out Surface Laptop Go with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD storage will set you back by a whopping 1,10,999. Those prices are still premium compared to more conventional laptops. Those conventional laptops would probably give you a higher resolution screen and a better selection of connectivity ports too.

Microsoft launches its most affordable Surface Laptop Go. Microsoft has launched the Surface Laptop Go, its most affordable Surface laptop in India today. This one, like most other things comes with the usual asterisk in that its general affordability is completely subjective.

On paper, the Surface Laptop Go is a ‘lite’ take on the Surface Laptop 3 with a lighter profile (1.11kg) and obviously, toned down hardware. It still uses the Surface hallmark premium design—which remains its main USP— but it tries to do that at a slightly lower price.

While the Surface Laptop 3 starts at Rs 98,999, the Surface Laptop Go starts at Rs 63,499. Unlike the Surface Go 2—which is Microsoft’s most affordable Surface product in India, the Surface Laptop Go packs a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 processor not the measly Intel Pentium Gold.

Though, there is not a diverse choice of chipsets on offer in the case of the Surface Laptop Go as all the models are powered by the same core hardware.

The differences lie in RAM and storage which is where things start to get a little difficult to understand. The base model of the Surface Laptop Go comes with just 4GB RAM and 64GB eMMC storage. For a model with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD storage, one will have to pay at least 
Rs 71,999.

A maxed-out Surface Laptop Go with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD storage will set you back by a whopping 1,10,999. Those prices are still premium compared to more conventional laptops. Those conventional laptops would probably give you a higher resolution screen and a better selection of connectivity ports too.