Microsoft has seen success with its budget friendly Surface Go tablet thanks to its $399 starting price, and it appears the company is hoping to further capitalize on that success with another price conscious Surface PC, this time in the form of a laptop.
Microsoft is working on a lightweight laptop that’ll feature a 12.5-inch display, a 10th-generation Intel Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage in the base model. That configuration could cost between $500 and $600, which would help Microsoft bridge the gap between Surface Go 2 (which starts at $399) and Surface Pro 7 ($749). That range would also make the device much cheaper than the base Surface Laptop 3, which costs $999 according to WIndows Central.
Microsoft may announce the device alongside a number of other Surface products and accessories in October, the report suggests. That tracks with the timeline of last fall’s Surface event, which was held on October 2nd.
