Surface Laptop Go 3

The Surface Laptop Go 3 is the successor to the Surface Laptop Go 2. It is a mid-range portable computer that is part of the company's Surface line of personal computing devices. It was announced on September 21, 2023 with an expected release date of October 3.

Features

 * 12th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 1235U Processor
 * Intel Iris Xe GPU.
 * Preinstalled operating system: Windows 11 Home (Consumer), Windows 11 Pro (Business)
 * 12.4-inch PixelSense 1536 x 1024 (148 ppi) display with a 3:2 aspect ratio
 * Up to 15 hours of battery life
 * Aluminum finish
 * Full size keyboard with a full set of function keys
 * Fingerprint Power Button with One Touch sign-in through Windows Hello (Standard on consumer models.)
 * Discrete hardware TPM 2.0 (Business Models only)

Hardware
The Surface Laptop Go 3 is a minor update to the Surface Laptop Go 2. Unlike the latter model, the Go 3 will be made with an aluminum top and an aluminum polycarbonate composite resin system with glass fiber and 30% postconsumer recycled content base. Microsoft claims the device will have an improved battery life of up to 15 hours, thanks to the more efficient CPU.

It carries over the 12.4-inch "PixelSense" Display at 1536 × 1024 from the prior two generations with a 3:2 aspect ratio.

The Surface Laptop Go 3 uses a twelfth-generation Intel Core i5 processor with Intel Iris Xe Graphics. The base model of the device will now have 8 GB RAM (up from four.) For the first time, both consumer models will now have 256 GB of storage, with business models topping off at 512 GB.

Like prior generations, the device will have 1 USB-C and 1 USB-A port, alongside a headphone jack and a Surface Connect port for charging. The laptop also has Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.

Consumer models of the device now has a fingerprint power button with Windows Hello and TPM 2.0 as standard.

Software
Consumer models ship with a pre-installed 64-bit version of Windows 11 Home, a 30-day trial of Microsoft Office 365, and a 30-day trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Commercial models ship with Windows 11 Pro, and a 30-day trial of either Microsoft 365 Business or Apps.