

Gently wiggle that out and replace the SSD. You'll see the black rectangular metal shield covering the NVMe drive.

You don't need to disconnect the keyboard but you can if you want to. Watch this teardown video to see how you remove the bottom screws (be gentle removing the rubber strips!), then carefully lift off the keyboard.Follow MrHG78's guide for instructions on a different Surface, but it's the same procedure.Just make sure to create a recovery drive before you start - any external USB with 16GB of space will do. On Surface laptops with M.2 drives like this one, upgrading the SSD is quite easy.If you have a 64GB it is EMMC, and part of the motherboard, so you can't upgrade it. This guide is for the 128GB / 256GB version only, as they have NVMe SSDs. If you're looking for a compact laptop that doesn't sacrifice performance for price, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is a wise choice.Install guide for booting Mac OS, Linux and ChromeOS with Brunch. It's on par with the Surface Laptop Go (2.5 pounds, 11 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches) and lighter than the M2 MacBook Air (2.7 pounds, 12 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches) Dell XPS 13 (2.8 pounds, 11.6 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches). With a weight of 2.5 pounds and measuring 11 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is easy to tote around. We gave the Surface Laptop Go an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5-stars - deducting points for its subpar battery life and lack of back-lit keys. Given the Surface Go 2's upgraded 11th Gen Intel i5 CPU, we expect its performance to be on par if not better. Even with two tabs playing 1080p YouTube videos while another pair streamed Twitch, there was no crash or lag. In real-world tests, the Laptop Go's 10th Gen Intel Core i5 CPU loaded 20 Microsoft Edge browser tabs quickly. For storing important files, it houses a 128GB solid state drive.Īlthough we didn't test this sequel, we reviewed the Surface Laptop Go and liked its stylish, premium design, great display and class-leading keyboard. The laptop in this deal packs a 12.4-inch (1536 x 1024) touchscreen, 2.4-GHz Intel Core i5-1135G7 4-core CPU, GB of RAM and Iris Xe Graphics. Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go 2 improves upon its predecessor with an upgraded processor and HD camera.
