Microsoft could have easily ditched the full-sized USB port on the grounds that this was a smaller, cheaper Surface Laptop, yet here it is in all its usefulness. In some ways, though, this selection is better than it sounds. Otherwise, the experience of hammering out paragraphs feels pleasantly close to that of any grown-up Surface Laptop, thanks also in part to the firm switch mechanism. In any case, the only actual key we’d say is undersized is Backspace. and it’s only about a centimetre and a half narrower.

In a recent briefing, Microsoft described the Surface Laptop Go as having a “full-sized” keyboard - which sounded fanciful given its compact 12.4in screen size and the inevitable chassis-shrinking that would result.įortunately, while the keyboard is very slightly compressed - and lacking any backlighting, which is a shame - it’s not going to take much adjustment to get comfortable with: we compared it to the 13.3in Huawei MateBook 13’s keyboard. Microsoft Surface Laptop Go review: Keyboard and trackpad That’s not to say they’re particularly good, as the upwards-firing drivers definitely lack bass, but their clarity is fine and you can crank up the volume without distortion.

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