48 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2019

REVIEWS

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A stubborn grip on USB Type-A ports and a puzzling attitude toward pricing its various

color options mar what is otherwise a solid Windows notebook. BY MARK HACHMAN

T

ime has caught up to Microsoft’s

Surface Laptop 2. We loved it in

its first iteration—what Microsoft

now calls the Surface Laptop (1st

Gen) (go.pcworld.com/sl1g), and the low-

cost clamshell remains a superb, optimized

laptop for students and workers on the go.

But while the Surface Laptop 2 has basically

stood still, the competition has chimed in with

their own progressive offerings. As our review

IMAGE: MARK HACHMAN