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.

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