Samsung Laptops

Samsung’s laptops divide into two quite different families, and the name tells you which you are looking at.

Galaxy Book machines run Windows. They are thin-and-light laptops with Samsung’s display expertise behind them — several models use AMOLED panels, which give the deep black and colour saturation you see on a Samsung phone and which a standard laptop LCD cannot match.

Galaxy Chromebook machines run ChromeOS: the Chrome browser, web apps, Google Workspace and Android apps. Fast on modest hardware, very simple to manage, and unable to run desktop Windows software. Excellent value for study, browsing and documents.

The genuine extra if you already own Samsung hardware is the ecosystem: linking a Galaxy phone for calls, messages and file transfer on the laptop, and using a Galaxy Tab as a second screen. If you are in that ecosystem it is a real convenience; if not, it counts for nothing.

As always, check memory (8GB is the floor, 16GB is comfortable) and whether it is soldered.

See the wider laptop range.