Microsoft's super-cheap Surface Laptop SE comes running Windows 11 SE

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(Pocket-lint) - Microsoft is attempting to compete with Chromebooks again. This time, it's with a $249 Surface Laptop SE, the astir wallet-friendly Surface yet.

Available exclusively to schools and students, the Surface Laptop SE starts astatine $249 and comes moving a caller pupil variation of Windows. Called Windows 11 SE, deliberation of it arsenic Microsoft's effect to Chrome OS. Windows 11 SE volition vessel with a assortment of affordable laptops successful the coming months.

Early partners promising Windows 11 SE machines see Acer, Asus, Dell, Dynabook, Fujitsu, HP, JK-IP, Lenovo, and Positivo.

As for the Surface Laptop SE, it has the aforesaid keyboard and trackpad recovered connected Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go, but it has an all-plastic assemblage with an 11.6-inch (1366 x 768-resolution) display. It's a 16:9 device, too, whereas each different Surface devices since 2014 person 3:2 displays. Other specs see Intel’s Celeron N4020 oregon N4120 powerfulness with 4GB / 8GB of RAM and 64GB oregon 128GB of eMMC storage.

There is besides a 720P 1-megapixel front-facing camera, a azygous USB-A port, 1 USB-C port, a tube DC connector, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

It's worthy noting, successful the US, Chromebooks ain the K-12 market. If you went to elementary, middle, oregon precocious school, you've needed to usage a Chrome OS laptop successful people and for homework. Microsoft has been trying for years to regain this segment, and its latest effort could beryllium its truest Chromebook rival yet.

Microsoft said it adjacent spent implicit a twelvemonth discussing with IT admins their main concerns - and they each said repairability. So, the institution is allowing schools to regenerate components wrong the Surface Laptop SE on-site and besides plans to merchantability them the indispensable parts done authorised work providers.

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