In October 2020, Microsoft first brought the Surface Laptop Go notebook, targeting entry-level users, becoming one of the lowest-priced Surface devices at the time.
After nearly two years, Surface Laptop Go finally ushered in a new generation. Earlier this month, the Surface Laptop Go 2 was officially released. The appearance continues the design of the previous generation, but adds the color of fairy tea green, and upgrades the 11th generation Intel Core processor. equipment.
It is said to be an entry-level positioning, but only relative to other Surface products. After all, it is a Big Mac product, with the blessing of the "Tian" brand belief.Therefore, we see Surface Laptop Go 2 pre-sale to 5888 yuanThis is still the 8GB+256GB version (it's not an exaggeration to say that the author's phone is higher than it).
So what is the experience of Surface Laptop Go 2, which is positioned for entry but not priced? IT House has obtained the bright platinum version of Surface Laptop Go 2, and now I will bring you the hands-on experience of this product.
Part 1: Designs
In terms of appearance design, Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 basically continues the previous generation, and the consistent high-end sophistication of the Surface product line has also been inherited in this entry-level product.
The A side adopts a metal integral molding process, and the hot silver "Sky" logo in the center becomes the only "decoration".
The B side is a 12.4-inch 3:2 touch screen. The top, bottom, left, and right borders are designed to be narrow, but a big chin is inevitable.
The screen is also glossy, and while it will inevitably cause reflections, it does look a lot taller than a traditional matte screen.
The front f2.0 aperture 720p high-definition camera is located in the center of the upper frame of the screen, and there are matrix far-field dual microphones on both sides. Unfortunately, this camera does not support Windows Hello unlocking.
The C side is still a minimalist design language. The power key and fingerprint unlock key are located in the upper right corner of the keyboard. It supports one-click login mode. The keyboard feels soft, but the key travel reaches 1.3mm. The overall typing experience is pretty good. , there won't be the "push to the bottom" feeling of some laptop keyboards.
The D side is also the bottom of the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2. It is made of polycarbonate composite resin material, and a layer of skin-friendly material is added to the surface, which makes the damping more obvious. The bottom also adopts a minimalist design language, with raised rubber at the upper and lower ends, and no cooling holes.
Seeing this, some friends may wonder, does Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 use a fanless design? In fact, this is not the case. The cooling air inlet and air outlet of the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 are placed on the hinge part, with the air entering on the left and the air coming out on the right.
The advantage of this design, on the one hand, is to ensure the integrity of the appearance of the product. After all, the exposed heat dissipation holes at the bottom are indeed a bit unsightly; on the other hand, in some mobile office scenarios, such as placing the notebook on the lap, such The design does not cause the vents to block.
In terms of interfaces, there are USB-A, Type-C and 3.5mm headphone jacks on the left, and Surface Connect charging ports on the right.
The Type-C port on the left can also be used as a charging port to charge the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2.
The Surface Connect charging port on the right is magnetically connected, but because the lower part of the fuselage adopts a small inclination design, and the power interface is located at this small inclination, the Surface Connect port is relatively narrow, long and flat, so when the notebook is placed flat It's a bit awkward to insert the connector into the slot when it's on a desktop, and it's hard to align it all at once.
High-end design often pays attention to "subtraction". Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 can be said to be the "art" of the minimalist design language. The entire body is devoid of any superfluous colors and design elements, including those brand logo stickers.The word simplicity runs through the entire product inside and out.
The thin weight is also an advantage. The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 is almost the size of 4A paper, whileIt also weighs only 1127 grams, which is very suitable for mobile office scenarios. For example, when making a PPT presentation, you can hold it with one hand and touch the screen with the other hand. It is worth mentioning that Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 also supports one-handed opening and closing.
Part II: Hardware Testing
The Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 hardware information is as follows:
Let's take a look at the screen first.
Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 comes with a rare, more office-friendly 3:2 screenThe size is 12.4 inches, the resolution is 1536*1024, it supports ten-point touch, and the brightness is 330 nits.
The 3:2 ratio and multi-touch are the plus points of this screen, but from the basic parameters,This screen can only be said to be quite satisfactoryEspecially with only 148 PPI, it's really not enough, a little closer to the screen,you can feel the graininess. Of course, if you're used to this resolution, it's no big deal.
In terms of display effect, IT Home measured the color gamut of this screen to be 92.1% sRGB, the average color deviation is 2.49, and the brightness reaches 338nit, which is generally satisfactory.
In terms of core configuration, Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 is equipped with the 11th generation Core i5-1135G7. Too bad it's not 12.
The i5-1135G7 is mainly aimed at thin and light notebooks and is a mid-range performance choice for thin and light notebooks. Using 10nm Super Fin process, four cores and eight threads, main frequency 2.4GHz, turbo frequency 4.2GHz, 8MB L3 cache, TDP 28W.
In addition to the CPU performance improvement, the biggest highlight of the i5-1135G7 is the integrated Xe integrated display. The number of core display units has been upgraded to 80. With LPDDR4X-4266 memory, it can alsoHas a level close to the MX350 alone. For a thin and light notebook like the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2, playing games like League of Legends every day is not a big problem.
Next, let's take a look at the benchmarks:
In terms of CPU-Z, the i5-1135G7 has a single-core score of 536.4 and a multi-core score of 2338.2.
In the Cinebench R20 test, it scored 506 single-core and 1581 multi-core:
In the Cinebench R20 test, the single-core score was 1091 points and the multi-core score was 3870 points:
Next comes the memory and cache tests. In AIDA64, the memory read speed of Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 is 53119MB/s, the write speed is 58285MB/s, and the copy speed is 52560MB/s:
In terms of hard disk read and write speed, IT House measured the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 hard disk read speed of 2345.74MB/s and write speed of 1565.09MB/s through "CrystalDiskMark":
It is worth mentioning that the SSD of the Surface Laptop Go 2 adopts a detachable design instead of being welded on the motherboard, so you can manually upgrade the SSD in the future. Who is on the side, who is uncomfortable!
Back to the running points, in general, the processor performance and storage performance of Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 can meet the daily needs of thin and light users. For thin and light notebooks,There is no performance short board problem.
Then IT House did a "3D Mark" test on the Surface Laptop Go 2 to test the Xe core display performance of the i5-1135G7. The results show that its Time Spy score is 1154, which is in line with the core display level of the i5-1135G7. This performance is basically no problem when dealing with general light-weight graphics tasks or playing some small online games.
Then IT House conducted a game test. The default 1080P picture quality of "League of Legends", in non-combat scenes, Surface Laptop Go 2 can basically stabilize at around 80 frames:
In teamfight scenes, the frame rate drops to around 50 fps:
From this point of view, the comprehensive display performance of the i5-1135G7 is enough for the Surface Laptop Go 2 to deal with "lightweight" online games such as "League of Legends".
In addition to gaming, IT House also conducted a "single bake" test of the i5-1135G7 on the Surface Laptop Go 2. As shown in the figure below, after 20 minutes of single-baked FPU, its processor still reaches more than 20W. Power consumption, at this time the CPU temperature is around 82°:
After 30 minutes of single baking, the power consumption of the processor is reduced to about 10W, and the temperature is about 61°:
From this point of view, as a thin and light notebook, the performance release of Surface Laptop Go 2 is still relatively "violent".
Finally, it is also the application scenario that tests thin and light notebooks the most - battery life. IT House tested the Surface Laptop Go 2's battery life with "PCMark 10".
As shown in the figure below, in the "modern office" test scenario, after turning on the power saving mode, the Surface Laptop Go 2 achieved a running score of 6449 points and took 11 hours and 20 minutes, which is quite suitable for thin and light business notebooks.
In general, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is sufficient in terms of performance to meet daily office and productivity needs, and it can also bring good battery life when going out.
Write at the end:
After the experience, the biggest feeling that Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 gave me mainly comes from the design level: on the one hand, the simple, exquisite and high-end design makes people love it; the product is not afraid of the excellent genes of diversified office scenes.
Of course, the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 It's a fact that the price is not high(Microsoft seems to have never considered cost performance), but I have to say that for such a thin and portable "entry-level" product, its performance is not a short board, and it is completely sufficient for daily office and easy entertainment. of.
Generally, ifYou have a special affection and affection for Microsoft SurfaceThen Surface Laptop Go 2 can also let you feel the charm and belief of Microsoft Surface products with a relatively small budget.
As for the beliefs here - if you see Microsoft's "Tian" logo glittering in the lights, it can still produce inexplicableexcitement and anticipationI think you already know the answer.
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