Microsoft goes after Chromebooks with Windows 11 SE and the $249 Surface Laptop SE

Microsoft goes after Chromebooks with Windows 11 SE and the $249 Surface Laptop SE Microsoft has announced an OS and laptop combination aimed at taking over the K-8 school classroom and putting up a fight against Google’s Chromebook line.

Starting with the Surface Laptop SE, which is a no-nonsense $249 machine with an all-plastic body, an 11.6-inch 1366x768px TFT display, 4GB or 8GB of RAM and an Intel Celeron processor (either N4020 or N4120).

The keyboard and trackpad have been carried over from the $550 Surface Laptop Go. Storage is of the eMMC variety and can be either 64GB or 128GB. There’s a 1MP camera capable of 720p video.

The ports are one USB-A, one…