The 12-inch MacBook, discontinued long ago, was my favorite laptop. I kept mine well into the Apple Silicon era, and when it died, I went on eBay and bought another one. Microsoft's 12.5-inch Surface ...

Expensive. No keyboard backlight. Poor battery life. 720p webcam. Low-resolution display. Finicky fingerprint sensor. Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go line has always served as a middle ground for ...