Microsoft Surface Laptop nearly aces the test

NEW YORK--Microsoft will be awfully pleased to learn that the burgundy Surface Laptop sitting on a table in my house tickled the fancy of just the type of consumer the company would like to attract: my 13-year old daughter Sydney, a middle-schooler. Indeed, I expect the computer to pose a strong challenge to Google's Chromebook's and Apple's various MacBooks in the classroom, especially if teachers and students embrace the new streamlined version of Windows 10 called Windows 10 S. To be fair, most Apple notebooks use a proprietary adapter as well. You might also consider spend $1,299 for a system with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, double the capacities of the base unit, and the configuration I tested. You can configure even higher priced systems. Surface Laptop ranks among the best looking laptops I've seen and of equal importance is a pleasure to use.