Touch feels more natural to use here thanks to portable hardware design. I’m far more productive on the Surface Go than say my smartphone (naturally) and comparable to typing on my Surface Book. One of the biggest draws of the Surface Go is the appeal of offering a solid productivity experience on a large enough screen that’s super portable to carry with you.

Microphone and webcam quality: The laptop has two Studio Mics and a 2MP 1080p webcam, which together offers a decent video conferencing setup, but isn’t groundbreaking, especially since the Surface Pro X has a 4K webcam.Why Surface Go and Not Surface Pro | Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Read: Essential Surface Go Accessories to Transform Your Workflow Ideal for Office Apps and Note-Taking.

Our review unit didn’t come with the stylus to test it, however, when paired with the new 120Hz display, you can expect a much more natural experience with regard to latency.

Surface Slim Pen 2: The Surface Laptop Studio works with Microsoft’s new Surface Slim Pen 2 ( $129), which now includes haptics to create a more tactile experience.

The lack of a microSD card slot and full-sized USB-A means you’re going to have to carry a dongle if your accessories don’t use USB-C. Even with all this versatility, there aren’t any other ports aside from the headphone jack and the Surface Connector.

Ports: For the first time, Microsoft finally added Thunderbolt to its Surface devices, and this enables faster data speeds, the ability to connect external displays, and eGPU support.

Speakers: Microsoft equipped the Surface Laptop Studio with four Omnisonic speakers, and compared to the speakers on the Surface Laptop 4, the extra space within the laptop’s chassis allows for a richer sound that has more definition and base.

Microsoft introduced a new Precision Haptic touchpad that is very much like Apple’s MacBook, and its the best trackpad you’re going to find on the Windows side it’s responsive, very fast, and accurate.

Keyboard and trackpad: The keyboard on the laptop is typical of what you’d expect from Microsoft the keys are tactile, backlit, and have the perfect amount of travel.

Being a Surface device, the device is preloaded with the Surface app, which may include promotions related to the device, depending on the region. These glitches are most likely caused by early Windows 11 related bugs, but overall the software has been consistently reliable.

Windows 11: The laptop comes with Windows 11 out of the box, and it runs very smoothly with minor OS glitches from time to time.

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