Hello and welcome to a very
different episode of the Microsoft Mega Byte podcast.
For June 16th. 2022.
This week I wanted to bring you a few minutes of a live stream
I was a part of with two fellow trainers, Alex Humble and Kyle Vance, on
what were we chatting about the freshly launched Surface Laptop Go 2.
We were all learning about it together, so why not take a moment
and learn about it with us? Hmm.
Cutting into the live stream in three, two,
yep. Myself, Brian, we have Alex, we have Kyle.
We are three we are three master trainers from Microsoft.
And we are here because we want to talk to you.
We have a lot of people who want to talk
but we are here specifically because this is exciting time for us.
We are right on the heels of a product new product release.
And I think, Alex, as our Surface subject matter
expert, we're going to talk to you all about the whole Surface family for sure.
But let's dial in on what's really exciting right now.
There's a new member of the Surface family, Alex,
who is this new member of our tribe.
As you can tell, definitely the Surface expert
because I've got a Surface hat this time around.
So we've got the Surface Laptop Go 2 which was announced
June 1st and just came out two days ago.
So it is a brand new
device from Microsoft that of course, replaces the Surface Laptop Go 1.
And we were lucky to actually get one new in box.
So that's that's pretty darn exciting.
So I think we could go ahead and unwrap this thing and just.
We're going to do an unboxing Alex Humble.
Yeah. We're going to try to do a real unboxing.
So let me switch this overhead cat.
Oh, my gosh, look at that. It works.
I'm so glad
I have this camera precariously placed up here at the top.
So yes, serious Laptop Go 2 brand new.
It has the same form factor as the previous one,
so it looks pretty similar, but there's a lot that's been replaced.
Get my hands ready under the hood.
So there is do a really nice job with the packaging.
One of the things I trying to push towards
is like a much more sustainable packaging.
You can kind of see that with this it's less plastic, more of this kind of
material, which I'm kind of riff off, have had
what has to be right into the mike to our producers chagrin.
Yes, like a birthday gift is pretty nice.
So this is the platinum color.
So this is that kind of standard Surface color.
If you if you looked at the Surface pro in the store in the past,
usually it's this sort of silver platinum color.
So that's what we've got here.
The top is made of this really nice brushed aluminum finish
and the bottom is made of this polycarbonate base.
So it keeps it really, really light.
And that is actually one of the first things that I'm shocked by.
I always want to pick up one of these.
It is super light.
I think it comes in at 2.48 lbs.
So pretty pretty light.
And then you can see it's actually really thin as well.
Now we've got USB type A, type C and A headphone jack.
We've got all the power stuff here, but we don't need to look at that.
USB port type A meaning.
The standard kind of USB that maybe you see from all the stuff,
all their peripherals they've been buying for years
and years and years, like your thumb drives
and maybe your printer cables and things like that are that type of A.
That type C is for new stuff, new stuff.
It has that new almost mobile phone connector style
that a lot of new peripherals are connected to.
So you know that
if you're trying to plug something new or something previous generation, it's
going to be compatible with the ports on this Surface Laptop Go 2.
Yeah, that's nice.
A lot of our a lot of devices tend to have either one or the other.
And this actually has both, which is pretty useful,
especially when we consider that price point coming in at 799,
the Surface Laptop Go 2, there's a couple of different
configurations and you can see there's three different colors.
This is that platinum.
We also have an ice blue and a sandstone color
let's talk about what is
what is Surface Laptop Go anyway like who is this or because
Surface Laptop Go 2 sort of
in my mind it's sort of bridging the gap between
an ultra premium
build quality laptop that really might break the bank in some cases.
And then that more casual use laptop that is for people who just want to,
you know, once in a while sends me emails, browsing social media and stuff.
But that's but this has like solid state drive.
So this has a core i5.
So this is not an entry level machine by any stretch.
Like who would we say this is if you're shopping or looking for a gift
like Alex, who's this for?
Yeah, so it's a good question.
So number one, students is a big target for this device.
Yeah.
So students it's perfect
because it has all day battery life around 13.5 hours battery life.
So really great if you're taking it from class to home doing hybrid learning.
It also has fast charging, which if again, if you're someone
who needs to take this out and about, you can get 80% in just under an hour.
So that makes it perfect for students.
It makes it free for anyone who needs to replace you know,
if you got an aging clamshell laptop because it's going to open this thing up,
it is a clamshell device.
You can see a really nice full keyboard. It is.
I mean, it's edge-to-edge Clamshell.
Yes, friend.
That is the term US industry insiders use.
It is that traditional laptop.
You can see really, really nice looking, really small, really portable.
I'm going to briefly show a Surface pro a and you can see.
Oh, yeah, it is.
It's about that size if you've seen it wasn't pass,
but it is it's a very small slim laptop.
Who else would it be for anyone who wants something
that is going to be to feel premium and not break
break the bank I think is what I'm going to say break the bank
and anyone who would like to try it, we just love it because this new device
comes with Windows 11 out of the box a few other nice things that you notice.
There's actually a fingerprint reader right here.
So that's how you can log in, just tap onto a fingerprint reader.
And if you're looking for something real, it's faster.
Cool. Oh, no, not yet.
Don't, don't, don't interrupt me there.
Set up device.
This is actually 23% faster than our previous Surface Laptop Go.
So there is a lot to love about Laptop Go 2.
So this Surface Laptop Go 2 is what we're talking about right now
and this is we're just unbox this this is a brand new device
it was just released only really days ago and I love what you're showing right here
Alex which is it's such a compact footprint
and we see that this is actually a full size keyboard
on this incredibly compact and it's hard to convey it over
over a live stream, but it is so, so light and so unbelievably portable.
Yet, you know, you're not cramping your fingers.
And for this, you know, tablet style keyboard, this is a laptop class keyboard.
So that's our Surface Laptop Go 2
it is the newest device in the Surface family.
It is faster than the previous version. It's
going to has half an
hour more battery life and it has double the storage of our previous version.
I see that it starts at 128 gigs and spread
I mentioned it's solid state drive so it is going to be very fast
for a device coming in at a nice price point.
So that's the device itself.
Surface Laptop Go 2 brand new to the Surface family.
So if you're buying a gift or needing a replacement
I thought for yourself and that's great but what what do we need to make sure we
bundle with it like what are the what are you finding that most users need
or customers need when they buy one of these devices?
I always feel.
Brian, thank you so much for that question.
I personally feel that when you have a device
that is all about that portability, that slimness, that small form factor,
that if you're going to use it for prolonged use,
you really want to find a mouse, a mouse to go with it.
The Microsoft Surface Mobile mouse, a lot of amazing things about this mouse.
First of all, is the form factor in that it is an ambidextrous mouse,
incredibly simple.
Yeah, the two buttons and a great scroll wheel there with that tactile click.
But if you are left handed or right handed, you'll be able to program this.
Either way, it uses a couple batteries that would go right back out there.
We go right back in there and you can notice a similarity
and all the unboxing, even when you're choosing something more value,
focus like a mouse, they all come in this gorgeous packaging
we only have a little bit of time left.
I think it would be worth our time to go back to the star of the show,
and that is the brand new device because all of these Surfaces are excellent.
The whole family's there.
Alex, dig it back out under the massive pile of devices.
Here we go.
So Surface Laptop Go 2 is the newest member of the Surface
family is super light at £2.48 and a 10th generation
processor is really premium just like every other Surface device
has great features like USB type A, type C and a headphone
jack on the other side you have that nice Surface charging port and it is
of course as I flip this around a clamshell device.
So it's perfect for portability working on the go.
You know, if you've got to work on the train,
you know, on your lap, like wherever you need to work,
this thing is perfect for that battery life around 13.5 hours
and it's 23% faster than the previous version.
There's three different colors you've got that say
are that ice blue platinum and then these sandstone.
So lots of great color options
represent, you know, whatever color is your favorite.
It's pretty nice to see.
Surface Laptop Go 2 the newest member of the Surface family
premium mobile laptop made with the highest quality materials
and whatever color you like of the three available options and yeah it is just
it's really something what's the other configuration that's available there.
So you've got it starts now at 128 gigs of solid state drive
so it's an i5 and eight gig and 128 and then in 58 gig and 256.
So if you need a little bit more storage that's your option there and then make it
one or two and click on that that i5 that other one just because.
I want to make sure everyone knows that for a. 699.
Actually at 699, yeah, you can actually do this by 699
with a core i5 processor and eight gigs of memory with that SSD 128 gig.
So this is, this is just an affordable, wonderful premium device.
Take it anywhere and you're going to really love the quality so.
You can get it now.
Get it now.
Thanks so much for watching everyone.
We'll be back soon whenever there's a product release.
We'll try to be right back here to give you the latest
and greatest and the scoop will spill the teeth on the latest.
All right, everyone. Until next time.
This band, Kyle, Alex and Brian, get yourself a cool thing.
Goodbye. See you. Bye.
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