The base model comes with a newer 11th gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor, and now starts with a 128GB SSD. Meanwhile, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is readily available, and starts at $599.99 / £529 / AU$1,099, which isn't too far off the price of the original (and actually a bit cheaper in the UK). Microsoft itself considers the Laptop Go now obsolete for regular users, but it does sell it for business use. If you do, however, you'll find it selling for around $200/£200/AU$400 less than it first launched for. However, retailers are understandably keen to push the Surface Laptop Go 2 instead, so you may struggle to find the original.

These days, when the Surface Laptop Go is in stock, it can be had for quite a bit less. Though, with OneDrive and services like Google Drive, we suspect many people using this kind of device don't need an absolute ton of storage space.

However, it's $100/£100/AU$200 cheaper with the same amount of SSD storage, so that might be the better buy if you need that extra 128GB of space. The only Windows laptop that even comes close to this is the HP Envy x360 13, which you can get for $799 (£799, AU$1,799) for a configuration that is remarkably close to the highest-end Surface Laptop Go. You're better off buying an external SSD at that point, trust us. An extra $200 for 128GB of SSD space is just silly, and is a massive rip-off. We wouldn't recommend going for this version, however.

If you want to max out the device, you can bump the storage to 256GB to match the configuration we have for review, and back in 2020, that would have set you back $899 (£899, AU$1,549).

At the time, that was an OK specs list for super lightweight work, but we recommend the middle tier, which bumps the RAM up to 8GB and the storage up to a fully-fledged 128GB SSD for $699 (£699, AU$1,249). That entry-level configuration got you an Intel Core i5-1065G1, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage. The Surface Laptop Go went on sale on October 1, 2020, starting at $549 (£549, AU$999).

Surface Laptop Go 2 offers good alternative.

Surface Laptop Go: Price and availability

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go (256GB Intel Core i5) at Amazon for $475.99 (opens in new tab).

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