Samsung Galaxy Book Go Review - Lowest Cost ARM Windows Laptop

[@scanty33]

"Can but mostly can't do"..... I feel like this is gonna be one of the honest videos on this product

[@PatrickLofstrom]

That build quality would drive me crazy, it's good to spend a little extra on that for sure. Thanks for the review Lon, these ARM laptops are really interesting to me, and how they're starting to shake up the market. Fun to see something fresh once in a while!

[@mohamadsorya6718]

Arm is getting popular because of the battery life it gives. Think about it, if every few years you upgrade your laptop, you are spending A LOT of money because laptop prices are always getting higher, but Arm solves this issue as it is not battery intensive cpu, the battery doesn't degrade as easy, cheaper and you are more likely to keep it for longer. Chromebooks are about $150 and my brother has had his for 3 years and very satisfied for browsing, media and even content creation and coding

[@Wiruk]

The price point makes this device very interesting. I hope this will lead to more manufacturer to make more low cost arm machines. In a lot of ways this arm machines feel like early Chromebooks which had a small audience.

[@ZuLuuuuuu]

Apple: We will have all our computer portfolio switched to ARM in 2 years, and here, get these 3 well built computers to start with. Also our entire software stack will be optimized for ARM on day 1 as well. Also our emulator and CPU is so good that it actually runs 3rd party x86 apps better than Macs with Intel CPUs. Microsoft and 3rd party vendors: Here you can see a low end computer with an ARM CPU that has the power of a 4 year old low end computer. Also not even all our 1st party software is optimized for it. By the way 64-bit apps cannot be run on it at all. Also if you are a developer, some of our most popular frameworks like .Net Framework are not available for it either, so it is kind of hard to port your apps to it actually. Microsoft executives: Hmm, I wonder why ARM Windows PCs are not popular 🤔

[@cgoldercg]

For portability/price this would be hard to beat, share your charger with your phone and epic battery life. Clearly aimed at mobile working students for office apps. I don't know any other £400 laptop that would do that.

[@CariHere]

It's a 14 inch netbook, that's what it is. Great battery life, meant to only browse the internet, not the best build quality, ridiculously cheap. It's a netbook for 2021

[@TheMartiansLoveKuato]

This is a great review that saved me from making a mistake. I was looking at some discounted Samsung Galaxy Book Go 14 and thinking "wow what value with performance, efficiency, and battery life." But as soon and you touched the center of the laptop and showed the flex my initial impressions of value dropped fast. I think if they called it Windows ARM and worked on the store front their Microsoft could offer a better experience, but any nonexpert is going to have problems. Transcoding would be such a waste of that added performance. The main things that I like about the Galaxy Book Go, I can't even take advantage of. A processor that is over twice as powerful on multicore performance of a run of the mil Celeron N4020, but what good is that performance if you can't put it to good use. No, I don't want to pay be a beta tester. If it is going to have great battery life: it requires a good keyboard, trackpad, and screen to make it a complete package for the on the go worker.

[@LivingLinux]

Interesting to see when this gets Windows 11 with Android compatibility. Even better when you can get Linux running natively.

[@Zactivist]

Picked one of these up when Best Buy recently was unloading them for $78. Watching this and typing this on it now. For this price, and Windows 11 now having much better support for ARM, this thing is a steal. Perfect little writing and light surfing laptop. I would not want to pay more than $100 for it though. I had no issues installing all my 64bit software I want to use on it- so now this is a nice sleek little laptop I can keep next to the bed. The real bonus is it's instant on like a phone, but just used occasionally I should rarely ever have to plug it in. It's easier to browse than my phone, manage a few remote desktop connections, email and some writing. Anyone buying this thing for much over the price I got it for, expecting it to do heavy lifting is not going to be happy, but for this use, I couldn't be happier.

[@ThatGamePerson]

For the compatibility thing I figured I'd throw this out there. Developers see the tide coming in. I think most of us understand that ARM is here to stay and I picked this unit up (after watching this fine review) so that I would have access to an ARM Windows machine to start poking around with. The company I work for is also planning on investing in ARM Windows devkits Q1 2022. So just throwing it out there that compatibility WILL get better.

[@clientinboxllc2865]

Geez, I have last year's $1, 000 model and I love it. That one leaves a lot to be desired aesthetically. You are braver than I am spending your own money on that one.

[@SoundboundOfficial]

I don't understand the 4G RAM. If it had 8 GB (at the very least, as an option), I'd say it's an instant get, but 4G is simply insufficient for web browsing, period. You open like 5 tabs and MS Teams, and it's game over. And that's what you should've looked at, not just opening a single tab and checking scrolling speed.

[@Spyke_misc]

It's a good start, i hope arm gain more traction in the "budget" category, ideally a 7c gen 3, a nice 1080p display with a 2 in 1 form factor for sub 500 bucks is doable ?

[@siam.franco]

A great review that wasn't sponsored by Qualcomm. Needed to see something that was not going to be biased before looking into buying one.

[@o_o6869]

7c and 4 GB ram is for Chromebook ,8c gen2 was for Windows

[@benjaminlhargrave]

The historical artifacts in the background of your set remind me of a modern iteration of "masterpiece theatre", lol.

[@_knotty3510]

The keyboard flex... damn.

[@ericwood3709]

Finally, an honest review of this thing.

[@rws91942]

0:11 shots fired….lol

[@tariqmalla7776]

Very honest review.... Brought it yesterday .... This system can do very limited things .... But yes the battery lasts for long ..this system is for office and web browsing only and ofcourse for media ... I think most of the people does only these things on laptop ... I m happy buyer tho... 🤣🤣🤣

[@alexpcrepairs]

Great video on another budget Samsung Laptop! Question... Is this a step upward or not compared to to the Samsung Notebook Flash Memory 4 GB, Storage 64 GB eMMC, 13.3" I own already? I added a 128GB UFS Card to it also.

[@chrisdunn833]

I picked up the Acer Chromebook with the Snapdragon 7c in it. It's been fine and is probably (in my humble opinion) a better platform at the moment for low priced ARM devices. I hope Windows gets things sorted. I'm sort of hoping that my next machine will be a mid range ARM based machine. I have a powerful gaming PC and a windows laptop supplied by my employer. I want my own laptop to be thin with great battery life... just need a touch more performance.

[@RaginYak]

thank you the most profound reviews.

[@KeronBullock]

Good review! Windows 11 arm64 is fully compatible with at laptop and thankfully x64 apps has been made compatible. As for office just install the 64 bit version and run updates afterwards so that the arm64 optimized apps for word, excel etc will be automatically installed.

[@tompcgik5575]

Do the 32bit apps perform better than the 64bits on this laptop

[@mjs28s]

Is that from their new POS line?

[@naquirodriguezdelatorre2958]

There is a reason there is a pile of these returned at your local Best Buy. 4 GB RAM should be criminal. 8GB would make this much better.

[@Kirby5588]

Got a Lenovo Flex 11 from like 2018 at the same price point and it has an N5000. Lot better build quality too. Why would Samsung release such out dated hardware??

[@jothain]

What's your battery life?

[@Kirby5588]

@@mikedw6748 the arm chip in this system performs much worse than the N5000…

[@Kirby5588]

@@jothain about half this one but more than 8 hours without a charge is usually not as common so it’s not a big deal for me. Obviously if that’s what you need, go for the arm chip here.

[@jothain]

@@Kirby5588 Ok, so it's quite nice battery life on that cpu/model.

[@patrickmjkm3x]

looking forward to higher end 8cx version of this

[@moved5600]

The Galaxy Book S has the 8cx, although it's only Gen 1.

[@moved5600]

Windows 11 should get rid of most if not all compatibility issues, I installed it on my Galaxy Book S once and it rat a LOT better than Windows 10 and gives the computer x64 compatibility.

[@see-sharp]

Microsoft and Google maybe, but if this thing runs on Linux there will be no difference. Absolutely no problem fot those who already use opensource applications, you forgot to mention that. And btw, this isn't about Intel processors mate, this is about x64 vs ARM architecture (there is AMD on x64 ou there too) Nice review btw

[@18PregnantAndProud]

can you do a deep app compatibility test with windows 11 now since it supports x64 emulation ?

[@zezba9000]

Was able to run native ARM64 D3D11 & D3D12 sample code on it.

[@HermitGod369]

How is it for gaming, creating content and streaming ?

[@Homestar1217]

It's very interesting what this will and won't do (for Windows on ARM in general). I have a MacBook Air (M1) at work and I installed Windows on ARM via Parallels and with the latest inside track version it'll run all the 32-bit Windows apps I need to have Windows for like PDQ Deploy with absolutely no problems. But not having RSAT tools available for Windows on ARM means I really can't use any ARM Windows devices in an IT environment.

[@LonSeidman]

Did you try the insider build for the 64 bit stuff? or is it too buggy? It's amazing how well Windows runs on the M1.

[@Homestar1217]

@@LonSeidman I am running the build that has x64 emulation but I haven't tried any 64-bit applications on it. Now that you ask I'll have to see if I can find one to try. But I agree, shocking how well Windows on ARM runs on the M1 Macs, an Air no less. And I have the 8GB model so it's only getting 2GB of RAM to use.

[@masx4813]

I'm hopping for upgradeable NVME to this ARM based platform

[@zaheedawajee7512]

I just need a device for Microsoft teams and WORD PowerPoint n excel I wonder if I can mirror my tab on the laptop

[@koalasnip3s746]

My steam doesn’t work whenever I go on a game it crashes the game instantly

[@RobertLeather]

Edge is based on Chromium, which is what Chrome is running. So you use Edge, you get Chrome. Surprised you didn't know that.

[@LonSeidman]

I know that - but Edge is loaded up with bloat and thus not as efficient as Chrome would be. We usually do all of our testing with Chrome to be consistent from one computer to the next hence the explanation.

[@AbrahamFarrell]

Would any linux distro work on this laptop?

[@ragequit4537]

Linux can run on basically anything. So I think yes

[@jvm-tv]

You'd get a better value from a Chuwi celeron laptop.

[@samcurmudgeon]

But you don’t have to deal with Chuwi’s infamous batteries that die after a few months.

[@kevinolivaresavalos18]

What do you recommend a chromebook or a Galaxy Go laptop? For Microsoft office, excellent videoconferencing, Netflix and emails. I have seen used approximate price

[@misterknightowlandco]

So if I’m just surfing the web, watching KZbin or doing office work it’s fine but forget it for audio or video content creation?

[@plazehazedaze9792]

does anyone know if it can run minecraft java

[@sixtyinsix]

Why buy this as opposed to the Pinebook, aside from the Windows os?

[@clientinboxllc2865]

That's not true about compatibility. My Samsung ARM has 8GBs, 256SSD and I am running the full Edraw Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Sparks, 5 browsers, 4 VPNs. Hulu, Netflix, Spotify and Prime. Cyberlink PowerDirector and Libre Office with no slow down, hiccups or compatibility issues. Also, running a firewall. Have more programs on it but that's off the top of my head. Oh yeah, Stardock curtains as a skin.

[@clientinboxllc2865]

@Tano Don't care everything I need to do I already am doing.

[@clientinboxllc2865]

@Tano I have an AMD, Intel and ARM. The ARM is the best experience. Just got the intel, went with Samsung again they optimize the hell out of their laptops. Wasn't and Intel fan but Samsung took control of the experience, that part is obvious. I like it, and they made it so I could turn the fan off if I wanted silence. I love AMD chips but made the mistake of buying Lenovo. So it's my least favorite laptop.

[@andyH_England]

@@clientinboxllc2865 Yes, the Galaxy Book S (ARM) is a good device, and if you understand the limitations, it is a great machine. I use PWA with Edge Chromium, and I have a workaround for Dropbox integration, etc. However, WOA potential has been limited by MS plodding progress, and those of us supporting this form deserve better. Not sure I would recommend the Galaxy Book Go as there are better Chromebooks at a price.

[@clientinboxllc2865]

@@andyH_England I agree about the Galaxy Book Go. I guess they are trying to appeal to every budget. Not sure what limitations you are talking about with Galaxy Book S cause I have none. I use 5 browsers on it regularly and none are Edge...Iron, Brave, Ice Dragon, Comodo ,and Opera. Firefox and Valvedi work too.

[@andyH_England]

@@clientinboxllc2865 Not really browsers that lack support, Dropbox is my main issue. It is not yet supported on WOA so I cannot have that integration and fluidity as I do on Mac or X86 Windows. Def should be better and I am glad some people find it good enough, but it will never take off if MS and developers continue this snail-like progress. With a 2 year start on Apple, yet Apple Silicon is far superior so there is no excuse?

[@fedex1197]

if any one know please let me in, up to what size micro sd does it support?

[@debisandifer1371]

How do I use the mousepad on this device....is there a tutorial built in?

[@kuyache2]

this needs to be dual booting with latest android and is completely foldable with touchscreen aka yoga for people to consider buying (optional pen support, pen sold separately). else forking more money for the intel 11xxGx or latest amd mobile apu's would be more worth the expense.

[@John-vx6lu]

Can it run any linux distros?

[@ahmadsiddeeq933]

Honest KZbinr

[@charlesgooch455]

i purchased this pc because i wanted a PC to load and do firmware upgrades for my Canon cameras are there any compatibility issues

[@randhirkokare6042]

Hi, In india HP ed 0007 qu snapdragon 7c gen 2 laptop available with 8 GB ram is it worth buying to do daily task.?

[@ParsonFamOutreach]

bro i have the new 5g book go, what can i do with this? im trying to download xbox game pass. it was 800

[@sangetube]

Can it boot from micro SD card? Looking for something portable that I can play around with Linux distros.

[@zobairebrahimi4744]

Which software can be installed on this laptop? Can Windows software, for example, Google Chrome, Adobe PDF reader, etc., be installed on this laptop?

[@josephguy1456]

funny how this is 349 but the 5g model in 749 but has 8gb of ram

[@gametest4410]

Does this have a graphics control panel like Intel Graphics?

[@rafiasabahat02]

Does Microsoft Suite work well on it? Are all the functions available?

[@marcelaonofre8412]

How can I turn on the keyboard??

[@darkknightforU]

Can I connect a ssd or hard drive to the usb C and the usb 3.0?

[@HullioGQ]

Well, we all gotta start somewhere! I will buy the 8GB T-Mobile version soon. I don't do much gaming so I don't think that will affect me, however, I use 64 bit image editing app (Affinity) and I wonder if the support will be there.

[@LonSeidman]

Tomorrow I'll have a review of a new Thinkpad running ARM and Windows 11 . Win 11 is going to improve a lot of the experience so you should upgrade to it for the best results.

[@HullioGQ]

@@LonSeidman T-Mobile version comes with Windows 11 Home preinstalled. I'm going to watch your ThinkPad video now. Thanks a million!

[@josephhall7317]

@@HullioGQ I got the 8gb new off of marketplace for Verizon, the person just had it added to their phone line and never used it so it's paid, do you know if I just call Verizon to try and unlock it because I want to use it with the tablets Sim I already have through metro by t-mobile

[@nathan_ca]

I wonder how does win11(beta or dev) handle x64 now compared to then

[@markkumollari43]

Would this be ok for editing videos from my gopro?

[@AnujYadav-jz4qc]

Is it good for coding. ....plzz reply

[@see-sharp]

Could you make the tests on Linux (native install) please?

[@RonaldoBinLaden]

is this laptop good for low end games like unturned

[@CharlesBLim]

does VScode run smoothly on this device>?

[@rossydv]

Would this run Office 2013 (after downloading installation files)?

[@halaldunya918]

Can it run video editing software ? sony Vegas ?

[@ralphmcmahan2139]

$249 maybe review the Acer Spin 513 Chromebook with this CPU sells from WalMart $329

[@Sherimankind]

Can I run Android Studio for Android development

[@LOOTLORD605]

Can you install apps on the sd card?

[@SL33526]

Is it good for gaming?

[@MrWilsantiago]

Will Amazon Workspace run on this device?

[@zarent01]

Only reason getting a Windows on ARM laptop is the battery life. Otherwise, even a Pentium does the work better. However, this is a much, much more affordable option compared to the normal Windows on ARM laptops which is how it should be. I hope Microsoft does a better optimisation and get developers to work on the ARM architecture.

[@see-sharp]

Well the problem is that Windows runs very bad on ARM architecture (same goes for most proprietary software). This laptop on native Linux OpenSource apps vs entry level x64 laptops THAAAT would be a fair battle.

[@igoridalosilva7978]

can i use a egpu on this ?

[@alanc6416]

For this price and the limited functionality, id just buy the iPad.

[@moved5600]

Or just install Windows 11 since it remove a lot of compatibility issues.

[@pulkitlamba9351]

Can it run plex media server?

[@jessicabruno2820]

"can and mostly can't do"... ouch... this should be entertaining!

[@CF542]

Lon, I just bought one of these to mainly experience WOA for a low cost. I noticed that the About page mine shows it is a 64 bit OS. I thought this was limited to a 32 bit OS.

[@gabeweisdorfer6353]

Windows on Arm is 64 bit and supports 64 bit Arm-native programs, but it can't run 64 bit x86 programs yet.

[@cuchotes]

@@gabeweisdorfer6353 It can now, fortunately!

[@danielgulseren9783]

maybe i get android to work?

[@chrisinjapan5736]

Once again, Loved the review ! Seems like a chromebook copy ? That bending of the keyboard is terrible

[@LonSeidman]

It looks like that's the market they're aiming for with this for sure!

[@TheCanyonhopper]

@@LonSeidman It baffled me that with as little as 4 or 8 pieces of internal plastic standoff on the internal chassis to brace it the chassis would not flex like that.

[@chrisinjapan5736]

@@LonSeidman Hey Lon ! Thats true ! I was in the market for this computer but thanks to your review, I am going to pass.

[@Sherimankind]

Thanks for your sincere review 🙏😊😊 I want to get this machine but this video has really changed my mind

[@DreQueary]

4 gig of ram is criminal in 2021. What ever positives this laptops has is immediately negated by such low ram. Why even bother making such a product? Also, while being able to add an SD card is nice, they are generally slower, especially with low-end PCs. IMO SDs are not a good substitute for having additional storage. Buyers should just be able to upgrade the internals. Honestly sad to see how PC makers are treating customers with all these soldered on everything. These things really are planed obsolescence kitchen appliances. 😥

[@kleptodathief3946]

this thing is eWaste in a year but at least its got win11 free upgrade! too bad everything is soldered and u can't upgrade ram or ssd!

[@warnacokelat]

It looks like it runs better than my laptop on intel celeron.

[@Pre-Expatriate]

This is probably good for someone younger than 5 and older than 85. Anyone between those ages should probably avoid it.

[@davimltocamto]

can i install linux in this?

[@davidallen2211]

Without LTE hard to take a look at this one

[@yourgod9597]

Half life 2 ?? Dude wtf . what year is it

[@nickthaskater]

What a waste of $350. I'm all for ARM, but this is just e-waste as a package.

[@fred3259]

What about heat?

[@LonSeidman]

It stays very cool.

[@starkfuture1057]

Will this run Linux?

[@Sharan25]

It’s on sale for 79.99$ on Samsung com

[@TheSmartAttack]

notice you have steam installed.. I know this isnt a machine for games but say i wanted steam installed and download likes of Rollercoaster Tycoon/baldurs gate, really basic games.. can I assume this will work?

[@LonSeidman]

If they are 32 bit they should run well enough to play them.

[@ugur8155]

and does it work

[@Tatar_Piano]

my poco f1 with sd845 got 45 points in speedometer, an this newer laptops got 36 lol

[@ragequit4537]

Does Minecraft *Java* Edition run on this??

[@techxz.0802]

Did you find out? Please let me know!

[@Nyuki_Bii]

Honestly I bought this machine for battery life.

[@ornanchristie209]

How is the battery life?

[@Nyuki_Bii]

@@ornanchristie209 it's really good. At the end of day I always have at least 65% battery left. 9-6Pm documenting between patients.

[@ornanchristie209]

@@Nyuki_Bii ah, thanks for the reply dude

[@sheliaray8435]

do you like it? i was thinking about purchasing the 8gb lte version of it

[@ashelia9617]

I rushed and bought this laptop without getting informed. Looks like I got scammed -_-

[@Kazuma232]

I know with XBOX Xcloud or google stadia make this device Appealing

[@pusher710]

if you would like to game on this laptop i recommend GeForce Now