
It also acquitted itself well on a cross-country flight, even when the person in front of me insisted on leaning their seat all the way back.īut it’s also a laptop that exposes the nearly impossible juggling of price and feature concessions required to make a budget (or budget-adjacent) laptop in 2022.

Now that I’ve had some more time to spend with Microsoft’s latest PC, the Surface Laptop Go 2, it’s become one of my go-to travel laptops for quick trips to the coffee shop. How we test computersĪ new take on Microsoft’s cheaper Surface acknowledges the challenge of building budget laptops in 2022. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks.
