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Earlier this month, we learned that Microsoft was preparing a new, smaller Surface Laptop for later this year, reportedly with a 12.5-inch screen. And now, two generally reliable sources suggest that Microsoft will announce it. tomorrow, October 1st.
It’s called the Surface Laptop Go, according to WinFutureRoland quandt, which saw a listing with Windows 10 Pro costing as low as € 649 (roughly $ 750 USD), which sounds a bit less expensive than the Surface Laptop 3’s starting price of $ 999. Quandt speculates that the Windows 10 Home versions they could be priced even lower.
WalkingCat, often trusted with Microsoft rumors, tweeted in mid-September that the company could host on September 30 or October 1 to announce Surface devices, and Quandt says tomorrow is the expected day.
Of course, that lower price suggests that you won’t necessarily get the latest and greatest specs. Quandt says we’re looking at a 1536 x 1024-pixel LCD screen (though still with that wide 3: 2 aspect ratio!), A next-gen Core i5-1035G1 Ice Lake processor, and just 4GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. It also says that Microsoft may have made that 64GB of storage cheaper again by making it a comparatively slow eMMC rather than a proper SATA or NVMe-based PCI-Express SSD.
Surface Laptop Go: 12.45-inch PixelSense LCD, 1536×1024 px, Intel Core i5-1035G1, 4 / 8GB, 64/128 / 256GB (64 is eMMC only), 13h battery. USB-A / C, Surface Connect, 3.5mm, 11xx grams. Silver, blue, gold.
– Roland Quandt (@rquandt) September 30, 2020
In the fuller post, Quandt says we’re also expecting Wi-Fi 6 and a fingerprint reader built into the power button with Windows Hello support for quick logins. 13 hours of battery life also sounds good if true.
We’re really looking forward to seeing what kind of design and value Microsoft can bring to the $ 700 to $ 800 range. We liked the Surface Laptop 3, we liked the Surface Go 2 tablet, and this could be even faster and less narrower than Surface Go 2 for a little extra money.
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