Surface Laptop Go for consumers comes with Windows 10 Home in S mode to bring you the powerful Windows features you use most at exceptional value. Battery life varies significantly with settings, usage, and other factors. All settings were default except screen brightness was set to 150 nits with Auto-Brightness disabled.
The active use portion consists of (1) a web browsing test accessing 8 popular websites over multiple open tabs, (2) a productivity test utilizing Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook, and (3) a portion of time with the device in use with idle applications. Testing consisted of full battery discharge with a mixture of active use and modern standby. Testing conducted by Microsoft in September 2020 using preproduction software and preproduction Surface Laptop Go 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 processor, 128 GB, 8 GB RAM Microsoft Surface® Edition devices. Surface Laptop Go: Up to 13 hours of battery life based on typical Surface device usage.
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