Microsoft Surface Laptop Go with 12.4 “screen will be released on October 27 for 629 euros

Microsoft will launch the Surface Laptop Go with 12.4 “screen on October 27 for a suggested retail price starting at 629 euros. A version of the Surface Pro X will be released with a more powerful Arm-soc, the SQ2 processor. Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop. Go officially on Thursday afternoon, after the specifications were already online earlier in the day. The Surface Laptop Go is, according to the company, “the most affordable Surface laptop ever.” The starting price is 649 euros and for that money buyers get a laptop with 12, 4 “touchscreen with a 3: 2 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1536×1024 pixels. Microsoft equips the device with an unspecified 10th generation Core i5 quad-core. This probably concerns the Core i5-1130G7. Three configurations will appear. For the starting price, users get 4GB of ram and 64GB of eMMC flash storage. The laptop has a Precision trackpad and a full-size keyboard. The two more expensive models have a fingerprint reader integrated into the power button that allows logging in via Windows Hello. The 720p webcam does not support Windows Hello. Furthermore, the device has two USB ports: one of Type A and one of Type C.

Surface Laptop Go models

Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC storage: € 649

Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD storage: € 799

Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GBGB SSD storage: € 999

Surface Pro X

Microsoft has also upgraded its Surface Pro X with an SQ2 processor, which the company developed together with Qualcomm. In fact, it is a modified Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G, which Qualcomm announced last month. The SQ2 is combined with a Gigabit LTE modem. The other specifications are identical to those of the existing Pro X: there is a 13 “screen with 2880×1920 pixels, 16GB ram and a maximum of 512GB SSD storage and that SSD is relatively easy to replace. The Surface Pro X with SQ2-soc is available from 27 October for a suggested retail price from 1699 euros.

Surface Pro X 2020 models

Surface Pro X – SQ1 processor, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD storage: € 1149

Surface Pro X – SQ1 processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD storage: € 1,449

Surface Pro X – SQ2 processor, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD storage: € 1699

Surface Pro X – SQ2 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD storage: € 2049

Five new accessories

Microsoft is also introducing five accessories, including the Microsoft Designer Compact Keyboard, which can switch between three Bluetooth devices and goes on sale from December 8 for a suggested retail price of 80 euros. The numerical Number Pad will also be available from October 1 for 30 euros and the 4K Wireless Display Adapter will be released for 80 euros from that date. Two new mice will also be available from 1 October: the Bluetooth Ergonomic Mouse for EUR 60 and the lightweight Modern Mobile Mouse for EUR 35.