2020 Galaxy Book S Review - is ARM Ready for the Masses?

[@MaxTechOfficial]

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[@felipewadhwani8084]

*Galaxy Book S

[@jeffreyparsons01]

A couple of other benefits. Because of the processor you can charge this off of a cell phone charger. It prefers 25 watts, but will charge off of something as low as 18 watts. Super light, portable, great battery, great display, good sound. The keyboard is OK. Overall, great for on the go work.

[@notebook4014]

Can you please review the all new Galaxy book Flex?

[@jeffreyparsons01]

@@100bsl I have it. Its aluminum.

[@Joe60459]

Thanks for the thorough, quick review. I've been looking for a laptop that has: 1. LTE 2. Great battery life 3. USB-C charging 4. Thin, light, small screen (ultraportable?) 5. Backlight keyboard 6. Touchscreen 7. Sit on my lap like a normal laptop (meaning not like the surface pro) The galaxy book s seems to be the first laptop which checks every box. I need the computer for business use, which for me is basically traveling, typing (google docs, sheets), email, and research online. I was planning on buying a chromebook, but I have not been able to find one which checks every box. Should I just use this computer as a chromebook through chrome, or do you have any other laptops / chromebooks to suggest?

[@metrotrain644]

I've got to be honest with you, this isn't a review, where's the physical heat, noise, battery life and real world performance tests? This just seems like you a reading from a specification list and providing your opinion. I know ARM is limiting in terms of programs but there is bound to be tests you can do that gives feasible measurements outside of artificial tests.

[@Ignacio.Romero]

What? It's a low wattage fanless CPU, it runs cold and obviously makes no noise

[@Crazyd2050]

Absolutely no heat on mine so far

[@metrotrain644]

@@Ignacio.Romero It was just a general comment about how the overall test was lacking. Although there's no fan and 'runs cold', how cold is cold? Does it throttle? Does it completely fail at long running tests? Does the throttle have a big effect on performance? If you push it too hard, could it reach alarming temperatures due to no fan? So much was missed from this review.

[@curt8806]

Yeah even the discussion about speakers was purely anecdotal. He just says general things that are true but useless to say. Something like “MacBooks are better than some pc laptops” no shit Sherlock

[@Sam-pn2kc]

Metro Train who cares it’s a media machine and for Microsoft office Who gives a fuck if it runs cold or hot

[@Blovmag]

0:32 it's Aluminium not plastic. You are a reviewer.

[@jinpark3192]

Yeah seriously. He must atleast know the difference between plastic and metal.

[@homeleung578]

He knew it, he knows it all along

[@o_noori1943]

#BiasedApplefan

[@benjamin7114]

Apple fans aren't the smartest at knowing things unless it's Apple mentioning them.

[@metrotrain644]

The entire 'review' is quite bad too be honest, he didn't actually review this device, only simple providing his opinion based on a specification list.

[@warrenmcclure7819]

I think Microsoft needs to introduce a program that converts x64 and x86 programs to arm.

[@manoelfelipe2977]

They could call it Rosetta or something like that

[@PranshuTheGamer]

@@manoelfelipe2977 yea

[@Claro1993]

The only thing that it lacks is a Windows equivalent of Apple’s Rosetta.

[@RucadiDev]

It exists...

[@Unkn0wnz_anon]

😂

[@zackrider3708]

that won't matter when all the apps have been redesign/optimize for the arm architecture

[@bryanmiller476]

@@zackrider3708 gotta get enough customers buying them to justify the developers to update their apps

[@zackrider3708]

@@bryanmiller476 i agree. But Having more competitors breeds innovation

[@joaopauloalbq]

"I don't think ARM is ready", let's buy a MacBook ARM :0

[@RivandaBakhtiar]

He meant on windows

[@Trader-CL]

7:47 What, you sure? My Surface Pro X doesn't drop any battery life. This shouldn't be happening on an ARM based device. Please retest. Compare it with the SPX!

[@kf4294]

5 seconds into the video... "SI-AM-SUNG~"

[@joesalyers]

RISC versus CISC CPUs has always been a challenge for industry. After Apple left PowerPC everyone thought the debate of RISC vs CISC was dead now with ARM creeping into the PC market the conversation is starting again. Personally I believe RISC to be the superior architecture because of scaling and better direct control of hardware ASICs. It's also less code for the software developers to write. So the future looks bright for ARMs RISC based CPUs as a viable option to replace the aging x86/64 architecture. But we still need BIG ARM Cores not just low-power cores to really know if ARM is the future.

[@cesar18715]

It’s like you’re finding it hard to give it a compliment. Or when you do, you minimize by comparing it to Apple and “it’s still not saying much”. I all about Apple, but dang dude if you’re gonna “review” other products, you should probably not be so much of an Apple Fanboy in those videos.

[@casperes0912]

Never understood the SIM argument. I click the wi-fi menu on my Mac and just select my phone. When they're logged into the same Apple ID, my Mac can turn on internet sharing on my phone, and bypass the password requirement that anyone else would need. It's basically like having cellular on my Mac (and iPad for that matter).

[@03Chris25]

Yeah but then you drain your phone's battery.

[@casperes0912]

HJL1130 Never been an issue, but true. Could always bring a USB cable to plug the phone to the laptop, but yeah that is an extra step

[@casperes0912]

Digitalguy Bit more of a hassle but you can still share network to Windows... Or Linux if you want to avoid that crap, haha (partially kidding)

[@pro-horsepunter5554]

This is perfect for my needs will purchase nice vid

[@alexmichael7997]

This is a business mobile laptop has nothing to do with MacBook Air

[@wesleycurrier13]

Alex Michael right? People always have to compare to Apple even when it isn’t even relevant!

[@Muslahi77Gaming]

Ya because arm is made for light tasks made in mobiles and tablets and it’s not powerful as intel or amd and many apps on or are not compatible with arm ,, your buying basically just for web browsing

[@amy-295]

I wonder why people compare android and iphone it just stupid Both have different system or os

[@WarriorsPhoto]

I was hoping to see that SD slot being tested. :( Thank you for the full review though.

[@Raja995mh33]

Yeah Samsung saved money on the controller in the past on their phones for example. Would be sad if the SD Slot ends with like 30MB/s or something like that.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

Tim R. That’s what I believe it’s going to be. Which is why I was asking.

[@matt2m]

Man when these get cheaper in like a year. I’ll throw one on my account it’s only 10 a month I’ve always wanted a laptop with lte. Won’t be my main laptop but perfect for on the go.

[@johnm7251]

I bought one about 2 weeks ago and am very happy with it

[@RealForturama]

Do you know whether the ARM processor in your Galaxy Book S can handle Geforce Now to stream games?

[@senna476]

@@RealForturama easy idk of its available for arm but the power is there.

[@Muslahi77Gaming]

Forturama's Channel no arm is made for lights tasks not like intel or amd ... and pc apps are not compatible with arm

[@CreeperDaGuy]

@@Muslahi77Gaming arm is made for devices.

[@Tiralful]

@@RealForturama Yeah it's fine. Running in a native Arm64 code it's as fast as an 8th gen 4c/8t 15w CPU. I run steam home link on mine from my gaming desktop in my house and it does fine too, and it's emulating 32bit x86.

[@marufbepary100]

to be fair, arm chips have to pushed even if its not practical to force developers to optimise their apps. its a necessary sacrifice that has to be made.

[@cactustweeter2890]

ARM is a completely different architecture then x86. They won't need to optimize the app they will need to recompile it for ARM.

[@awnalrizqi1161]

What does that mean ?

[@LensToHorizon]

Lone fella re-build the app

[@awnalrizqi1161]

@@LensToHorizon that's unfortunate

[@davidt8087]

i Kilplix no recompiling is NOT rebuilding the app. Sure some changes will need to be made to remove bugs and glitches but compiling to ARM just need you to run a program which changes the code so that an Arm Machine can read it

[@Forzendream]

I think this laptop isn't ready yet and betterylife 25 hours although we use google chrome?

[@RXP91]

ARM is just too limited - might as well get a Galaxy Tab s6 with a keyboard cover OR one of the convertables and keep a USB-C power pack for all day compute. I've been having 18 hour + battery life for about 4 years now with the Galaxy Tab Pro S and Galaxy Book 12 by using a battery pack - and it has none of the limitations of ARM.

[@michaelray282]

You like the book 12 then, even today? Was thinking of the book 2 but it went ARM as well, but I really love the surface stand.

[@DaOzyFirlamaUzi]

Can you run linux on it? Does manufacturer allow you to enter BIOS/UEFI?

[@Arthur-hn5yk]

There are ARM versions of linux distributions / linux distributions for ARM

[@electron3photon116]

With $999 dolar you can purchased 6core laptop @2.6ghz (boost @4.5ghz) and 14mb chace. Did you know what the most important parts of computing?? Number of Core + Clock Speed + L3 cache (L2 cache has doesn't enough)

[@D_kiki999]

I just got the LTE version today from samsung for $600

[@whateverinbetween9444]

it’s funny bc apple silicone is too powerful that people forget the fact that it’s a mobile chip, and always compare it to pc world instead of it’s actual competitor.

[@whateverinbetween9444]

Max, if you accidentally read this, please makes a comparison between M1 series to 8cx and all arm chips or intel mobile series such as H series or U series

[@whateverinbetween9444]

for the sake of entertaining :))))))

[@jedwardoo]

Just got to love how Windows sort things. Sticking to Mac and iOS. I’m still happy to see competition shifting to ARM laptops. I hope they can fix that sorting apps for ARM in Windows. It’s been years and they should have that sorted already by now.

[@ebubeawachie]

With the number of devices coming with LTE and reviewers praising the convenience, I gotta ask: don’t you guys have tethering from your phone in the United States?

[@Noodles.FreeUkraine]

Why drain your phone when an LTE modem can be built-in? Do you guys also use WiFi dongles for notebooks where you live?

[@connor9517]

4:50 no, they are for amd64 or x86_64, not x86. 64 and 32 bit not the same at all,

[@BarQsRB1966]

I absolutely love this device, was thinking of getting an iPad and that thought is completely gone. With turning websites into apps with the new Edge browser, it is great. added a TB sd card and I am set for a very long time on it. Hardly used any of the 256GB on the primary drive. also, if you have a powerful machine at home whatever it is, using google's remote desktop is perfect. Very light, fast enough and much better than Chrome OS at least for me. :-)

[@Chris-zy6ti]

I know this thread is old but you were able to use Google Remote Desktop with no issues? I have tested it on my phone and laptop and it works great. I wasn’t sure it would install and work on this.

[@peejae082004]

It's been 3 yrs. How is it holding up? Is the battery life still good?

[@abymohanan2043]

Thank you so much for this video 👍🏻👌🏻✌🏻

[@xali2008]

can you install an ARM Linux distro, like Manjaro, and compare it to windows ARM?

[@apolitis1]

between this laptop and the galaxy tab s6, what is the best choice?

[@TheOfficialDSi]

the laptop

[@PsycosisIncarnated]

Do these laptops support linux?????? Cant wait to see something similar that supports linux and has insane battery life, will be sweet. However the chasis looks like it will break after a month of use, needs something much more sturdy.

[@Arthur-hn5yk]

Yes, there are ARM distributions, just look up for example RaspberryPi OS,

[@madboyreadynow28]

One of the best tech reviews I have ever seen. Great job

[@Myyoutubechannel30004]

I'm just here to say I'm glad that your review s are fair and honest great job

[@ElCaPi09]

Hi i have 2 questions ? Is this a good tablet/laptop for gaming on the go? Also, would this be able to run xbox games like a regular laptop would? Please let me know and thank you 🙏🏼

[@Group51]

So this competes with the M1 MacBook Air?

[@chaznsc]

Has anything changed with the windows support since posting this review?

[@muralidharanramachandran189]

Can I dual boot it with a Linux distro?. Probably not. I'd buy one if that was a possibility.

[@NCSTalkid]

The taget market should be premium cheap superultraportable: max 899 price range

[@troublingsmile]

Talk ID the great news is, you can get this device for that. I just bought mine for $799 from Verizon. This exact device. $100 was a promocode i had, the other $100 discount was a specific sale. It let me combine them with no issues.

[@alien-yv8wl]

Please review the ProArt StudioBook Pro laptop

[@skycubix8943]

Or perhaps the StudioBook One when it's released. I want to see how the Quadro 6000 compares to the 5500M.

[@sgirix65]

Someone should do M1 MacBook Air and ARM Galaxy Book S comparison

[@shane_gentle]

also, what's the point of an LTE modem if you can just tether?

[@dananorwood3203]

I've nothing but problems running Windows 11 on this device. I can no longer get app store to open. I can't troubleshoot anything anymore. Can no longer install Windows updates. And I get a black screen and then device restarts every half hour. I can't reset or restore system to factory settings. This device has been nothing more than a huge headache.

[@auzzierocks]

i dont understand how lack of X64 app support is a negative. its an entirely new processor architecture so developers will need to re-code their apps.

[@JoseRamirez-qd5os]

So I’m between this an iPad Pro, pretty torn

[@Trader-CL]

4:01 I don't have all these issues on the Surface Pro X

[@zahirig]

I agree. Windows is not ready for ARM. Probably another 2 years is my guess. There still isn't native ARM support for Citrix which is pretty important for access to virtual machines and working from home.

[@MrMeneillos]

The strategy is to ditch old apps support. Introduce emulator in VMs and move on. Modern computer are powerful enough to run legacy emulated fastly

[@mightyizzy2470]

I’m about to buy this for work thanks for the comments

[@rajinrashid2455]

Watching this after Apple switched to ARM

[@pratikthakur136]

Galaxy Book S battery drop from 85% to 25% in 2 days is because of windows 10 battery management. Linux on this will handle the battery in best possible way and will kill windows 10 performance in almost all aspects, since Linux have better RISC support from a long time as compared to windows.

[@Relicyclone]

Does this have a USB port? To connect my USB stick.

[@o_noori1943]

No. But in the box when you buy the computer they also ship with a USB to USB c connector. So they don't have the port, but they do have the connector for it supplied.

[@marvelousonejr832]

Can this thing handle VirtualBox or VMware?

[@nickb3837]

Did you just reviewed Windows 10 arm? Or you reviewed laptop?

[@4000marcdman]

Does this mean getting windows on the fold 2 is a possibility in theory?

[@sambora83]

Excuse me, I don't speak English well enough.. The chassis and the keyboard are in plastic?

[@LampJustin]

No they are some kind of aluminum alloy I believe

[@Daniel-ru8je]

No, it's alluminium

[@yuyhero]

Can you do a rematch with MacBook Air M1 because there are software updates on ARM Windows 10

[@shubhamsehgal2336]

ARM + Linux + Graphene battery is perfect combination. I will make some apps for it if it becomes true.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Can't run Linux on it, Windows on ARM forces MANDATORY secure boot

[@shubhamsehgal2336]

@@AdamSmith-gs2dv wtf! I hate windows :( thanks for telling. I think apple can do something with ARM powered laptop.

[@malfaro3l]

Can you compare this to the M1?

[@AutopilotAdventures]

Did you try popping in a sim for Att or Tmobile? Others are saying that it worked for them on Tmobile. I just ordered one, I hope it works with Tmobile otherwise I will have to return it.

[@tommydiquasi1424]

Can you confirm whether you were able to get it to work on T-Mobile?

[@sharkiqt]

Would this be a good student laptop?

[@lucavinciguerra]

Senni Depends on what you are studying. Office and web browsing should work perfectly. Computer science or media creation will be hard on this.

[@Drone1798]

when i turn power off close laptop its still drianing power because when i open laptop it powers on so how do i turn off to save battery

[@lombokpropertyrentalslombo3902]

Is it possible to use this device to run the program filmora?

[@lordof7seas]

Price is super high for a Windows 10 tablet with a keyboard, either they should add app supports to make it a laptop or reduce price to $599.

[@JTManuel]

i've been choosing between this and the intel version. i really wanted the qualcomm version due to the lte antenna and expandable storage but i also need apps that, sadly have no arm compatible version..

[@M22018]

The Main problem is coming from the Microsoft and the windows itself. 8CX specification are equals to intel Core I5. What's the meaning of having a best and super hardware Specification and a good Build Quality if the software itself really bad, and not optimized for it's super hardware. Hopefully Microsoft end this problem in windows 11

[@prettybluefoxes]

That shot of the internals at 5:57 is from a different laptop. Js

[@kippie80]

Laptop looks more than ready to me. Windows is the problem. Use linux, bsd, riskos, ...

[@madcircle7311]

Did you try a linux distro on it

[@docireland]

I would like to see more arm Linux distro to go with the new hardware. Don't get me wrong W11 is good, but choice is better.

[@eyad.elghareeb]

How well it will run linux

[@kurakuson]

Does the current MacBook use ARM chipset? No!!

[@maxh.2422]

do a comparison of it and the macbook air m1

[@atdreams1216]

things is arm is better for mobile not pc ummm... no its not better think about drivers

[@cameronwhite9742]

Does anyone know how to download the google play store on it ?

[@riopato2009]

I Like the potential of this laptop for battery life but it being locked to Verizon or Sprint for lte, makes this a no go for me since I'm also a T-mobile customer. Why have sim function at all if it doesn't support all the bands? It's dumb and short sighted considering it limits availability to potential customers.

[@billdonaldson5714]

I have seen another review of this model, purchased from Verizon, which states that the device was NOT locked to Verizon. The reviewer inserted his Google Fi card, and found the device to work just fine with that service, which was using T-Mobile's network in his case. There are also comments from others that the Verizon purchased device is not locked to the Verizon network, and can work on T-Mobile, AT&T, etc.

[@fatihaislam8776]

This is perfect for me, I will definitely buy it in future 😍😍

[@Muslahi77Gaming]

Arm is made for light tasks made in mobiles and tablets and it’s not powerful as intel or amd and many apps on or are not compatible with arm ,, your buying basically just for web browsing

[@flywheeldk]

You better tell Fujitsu then, as they are making supercomputers using the A64FX ARM-processor.

[@muhammadfathi960]

i has bad experience of Arm ... 😥

[@toluwalaseokeowo4360]

What is playing x86/64 aaa video game titles like on high end windows on arm laptops utilising x64 emulator as rosetta 2 on apple silicon does a great job?

[@OtKID]

Could you do tab S6 comparison

[@googohn]

Very analytical presentation. Well done!

[@trublaze]

I would still prefer to use an ARM laptop on Chrome OS over Windows

[@troublingsmile]

TruBlaze good news, Samsung has a chrome book coming out with lte at the end of the year.

[@denischiosa4496]

+

[@mohdwahidi]

ARM laptop will be better from now on since M1 already shows that ARM is actually capable. The handicap is in the software or software translation for x86.

[@carholic-sz3qv]

Nope you're wrong, ARM always had the advantage here the only problem is for example Microsoft has to still support Nidia, AMD, Intel chips, but im sure they are working with developers to fix that, look at the surface RT from the past

[@carlosmiranda1749]

I checked with samsung and they told me that LTE works in tmobile and any other company because it is unlocked. Can you please check for me Im from Brasil and I want to buy to be use in Brasil but I also have Tmobile for when I go to the US. Thanks

[@MulekeseMulekas]

Its it a good laptop for medical student?

[@SuperShado101]

You would need to know if all of the programs you run support ARM processors. If a chromebook won't work for you, this probably won't either.

[@epicmap]

Is it possible to install any kind of linux on it? It would be perfect match for it!

[@LampJustin]

No unfortunately there is no dtb and drivers available, they'd have to be built from scratch!

[@pinkipromise]

get arm.chromebook

[@adammoore82]

When Apple releases their MacBook with there made chip it will blow all benchmarks out of the water

[@Shaxzara]

Adam Moore any idea when thats gonna happen? I haven’t owned a macbook and just waiting for an inhouse chip macbook so i could switch.

[@dxtnguyxn4179]

Adam Moore but can it destroy the intel i9

[@skycubix8943]

@@r0main.895 The i9-9980HK's Geekbench score is about twice the A12X. I think the custom chip will mostly replace the 13' U-Processor-powered Pros and Airs, but keep the H-Series 16, especially when Comet Lake-H is on the way.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

That's what we are hoping for. That their transition to ARM chips goes well.

[@emirefek]

Waiting for Nvidia's first laptop aimed chip for buy ARM laptop. I'm big fan of them. I don't care how much horsepower it have. It is the feature. Nvidia aquired ARM for 40 billion dollars, then I'm im in to buy one of them, I'm pretty sure they will do more for ARM architecture than Apple. However Apple's effort is enoght to buy first ARM laptop but I'm not a Apple guy. Nice work Apple. You are the first company which provides Features technologies to your customers.

[@niemand1664]

Great Vid! But your Link of the Surface brings you to a Website with galaxy book s

[@dariocline]

apple best be paying this guy

[@TheDeelunatic]

We see one of these running Linux and we might have a Winner on the apps availability side of things.

[@mrt.7146]

That kind of money can get you a 2020 Dell XPS 13. Think I'll wait for the refreshed Macbook Air myself. Nice video though 🥳.

[@dailyorangepill3338]

The Samsung Galaxy S is built with an aluminum chassis. 💻 Anodizing aluminum creates a thin layer of aluminum oxide on the metal. This protective oxide layer has a rougher surface that allows dyes or paints to stick to the metal. It is harder than aluminum, so it offers a measure of protection. It also gives the aluminum corrosion resistance. Research, Analyze, and use your Critical Thinking Skills! 🧐

[@edgravity]

windows is just unoptimized for this kind of hardware. I will install Android or Linux in that

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

You can't, mandatory secure boot so you are forced to use windows. More reason to make sure these fail

[@derdurstbursch]

Who is Sajumsung? 😶

[@nic_ccc3366]

This and the Surface Pro X are nice glimpses of the future of Windows on ARM, but ultimately I agree with you that it's probably not ready quite yet. Here in Australia, the price of this is similar to a Macbook Air or Surface Laptop 3 (though with less storage), but when you consider the app limitations of Windows on ARM, I'm not sure it's worth it for longer battery life and LTE. You'd have to be 100% sure that you won't run into serious app compatibility issues.

[@horzen4227]

Who else is watching this with no intent to buy? I’m watching to spice my time up in the dookie closet.

[@choehaalensony-u]

What is that music name i want to test mine

[@hashiraknightwalker393]

watching this on my arm laptop windows 11 takes care of the apps problem x64 app run just fine on windows 11

[@sagarkumbalkar83196]

Definitely better than MacBook (Camera & mic)