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However, it is hard to look past the M1 Macbook Air and its dominating performance in the ultraportable laptop market. Not everyone wants a Mac laptop, though, and Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go is an affordable option for those people. The Intel chip in the Surface Laptop Go can’t get anywhere near the MacBook Airs’ M1 chip’s capabilities – Intel chips have a long way to go before they reach the powers of the M1.īecause of this, the bar has been raised and what was accepted performance for an ultraportable laptop a few months ago, is now bad performance, and Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go falls into this category. All while being only NZ$500 more expensive. It has a sleek, comfortable design with a fantastic keyboard however, compared to the market leader, the M1 MacBook Air, it severely lacks in performance and battery.Īpple’s new M1 MacBook Air does everything the Surface Laptop Go can, and so much more. The Surface Go is targeted towards students and business-people, and it does a good job of appealing to these types. With the Surface Laptop Go, Microsoft isn’t trying to introduce a top of the range, powerhouse laptop.

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