Microsoft could take on Chromebooks with affordable Surface laptop, Windows 11 SE

Microsoft is reportedly working on a new affordable Surface laptop that will be targeted at students and basic users, and will directly compete with Chromebooks. As per a report by Windows Central, these new Surface Laptops could take a page from Apple’s naming-book and be called the Surface Laptop SE.

The Surface Laptop SE will reportedly be made to be as low-cost as possible and will feature an 11.6-inch (1366 x 768) display, with Intel’s N4120 Celeron processor, 8GB of RAM and single USB-A and USB-C ports. The laptop could also feature a rugged build given that it will be targeted at K-12 students.