I’m trying to decide if the lack of backlit is a dealbreaker for everyone, or just for me. The only lit key is the one around the combined power button and fingerprint sensor. The smaller function keys are almost impossible to make out unless you tilt the screen over them to cast some light on them - and the irony of using the screen light to turn down the screen brightness is not lost on me. The suspicion must be that the technology to allow the accuracy of the Surface Pen has been removed to keep the build cost down. Given the amount of marketing effort to ensure the Surface Pen is associated with new Surface devices, this is an inexplicable miss in terms of branding. It does come with a touchscreen, but it’s important to note that it does not work with Microsoft’s Surface Pen. A 4K screen doesn’t make a huge amount of sense on a 12.4 inch display, especially given the useful 3:2 ratio of the screen, as opposed to the more media-friendly 16:9, but the screen used here feels a little bit cramped. The resolution on the screen is a relatively low 1536x1024 pixels. It contributes to the clean lines and look of the laptop, but it’s not winning me over from a practical point of view. Rather than a small cutout on the base of the laptop, the chassis around the screen has a small overhang, barely a milimeter, that you can catch with your finger or thumb to aid opening. If you're going for 60% style, 40% specs, and can swing $700, I'd say that specific version is the one to consider and makes for a great budget-ish laptop with sharp style.Opening the Laptop Go from a standing start is ungainly.
Yes, you can get more CPU power and more storage for that price, but not, as a general rule, something this nice and sleek and light and portable. Same screen, same processor as the other configurations. That leaves us with the $700 model, which has 8GB of RAM and a passable 128GB SSD. Charging $200 for a 128GB storage upgrade is a tough sell if you ask me. The only difference from the middle model is a 256GB instead of 128GB. The $900 version is too close to truly mainstream-priced laptops, and especially at holiday time, I've seen some great deals in the $900-$1,000 range (last year, the regular Surface Laptop had some excellent deals). I'm surmising that, because I haven't actually tested the $550 version.
Also, running Windows 10 with 4GB of RAM can make a $500 laptop feel like a $400 laptop. Just 64GB, soldered onto the motherboard, and even less after accounting for the OS. So, should you buy one? I like the Surface Laptop Go, but it's not for everyone.
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