Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro - Amazing Battery, Gorgeous Display!

[@theangeldesu]

I'm an artist, designer and developer and I don't even know what PC is best for everything I do. I mean one that can handle all without breaking a sweat. Is this good enough sir?

[@SreejithKSGupta]

probably the pro art / zephyrus depending on what kind of designing you do

[@MuhammadHosny0]

get a macbook air if MacOS isn't an issue or get any of the snapdragon/ryzen ai chips the new intel laptops are a good choice too

[@G0A7]

@@MuhammadHosny0 the snapdragon chips can cause a lot of trouble, i wouldnt recommend them

[@tim3172]

No developer can do that "without breaking a sweat" (whatever that means) because software compilation will generally scale to as many cores as the computer has. You'd need an actual workstation to achieve something resembling that... not an ultrabook.

[@G0A7]

@@tim3172 thats only true with heavy workloads

[@bryans8656]

Thanks for another honest review Matt. Samsung is putting out some really nice laptops.

[@MatthewMoniz]

Thanks Bryan, I appreciate it!

[@nonenone2191]

I have Book 4 Pro for about 6 months now. I will pass the version 5 as well, build quality is so bad hinge is very lose if the table is that you work on is not rock solid the screen wobbles like crazy when you type on keyboard. Hinges are producing some weird noise like glass cracking when you open it. Keyboard is very cheap quality it's already worn out and shiny on some buttons which is unreal for the laptop that I use a few times in a week for like an hour. Display is great and very vibrant color accuracy is good. I use it for design a lot, and deduced GPU is really lacking when you open Adobe Illustator temps go so high like 80-95c so it's very hot when using "GPU". Even though I'm very much a Samsung fan boy I would not recommend this laptop until they fix these issues.

[@SuperLzarus]

Wow, Samsung has come a long way.

[@sphong0610]

This uses the same chassis and heat sink structure as the previous models. They had to get this out quick but rumor has it that the non-2in1 galaxy book 5 pro series or the next gen 6 series will come with a new chassis, new heat management, and a centered key board without the numpad and centered haptic touchpad. Looking forward to that for now.

[@nickhollenbach7855]

Are there rumors about a release date?

[@bassheadlife492]

Rumors from where?

[@RozyGaming01]

You’re my favorite reviewer so far. So honest and straightforward. Thank you for sharing! Can you please review the Lenovo yoga 9i?

[@MatthewMoniz]

What do you guys think of the Galaxy Book5 Pro?

[@ShahanJagus]

It's a great alternative to other windows laptops. Personally,I still think Lenovo offers the best value here in Singapore. This Samsung does offer great value for its skillset, but sadly it's unavailable here. I just wish apple fanboys would stop comparing windows laptops to a MacBook. Both are great. Both will do everything the average person needs. Windows laptops just offer more features for entertainment and work than Macs. And MacBooks offer insane battery life at the cost of many things I would consider to be creature comforts.

[@Snarkyafterthoughts]

Have a hard time completing trusting Samsung laptops after a pretty rough book 2 360 experience. It's like an ex who swears they've changed and they do look healthier but have they really?

[@bassheadlife492]

I just ordered one so I'm about to find out but I did love the GB4P

[@kindofanmol]

That new Copilot app is genuinely so good. Doesn't even feel like a Microsoft app at all.

[@ALPHA-EDITZ017]

List of changes I want samsung to make: 1. Switch to a desktop chip on thier higher end Tab S series tablets 2. For thier laptops, they could improve the speakers, mic, camera, loose hinges and keyboard, rest is awesome

[@The_MEMEphis]

The battery life on the tablet would be awful

[@Yielar1]

A "desktop chip" would run hot and have poor battery life in tablet form factor

[@aes1373]

I really wish they would get rid of the numpad and put upwards facing speakers and bigger keys for the keypad. Haptic trackpad eould be nice.

[@Yielar1]

Exactly! Why have a numpad on the right and the number rows at the top

[@dragonarena5489]

I think the speakers are really good on this laptop

[@titerror0010]

Thanks for the review!🎉

[@gustavopolanco6925]

As an owner of a pro 360, never buy a 360, its useless and its unsteady, it does falls back.

[@ankur892k]

You know what man . I feel your pain. I was in a similar dilemma in 2023. Spent soo much time researching and visiting best buys. Then took a very calculative call. Felt I never needed the book 2 pro 360. And made the best decision of my life. I mean the GB2 pro 15.6 at 1.1 kg felt like a breeze. And I thank myself sooo much that I didn't go with the 360 . Although I wanted it superficially. But not really.

[@pjp13579]

the touchpad offset triggers me

[@roankai]

Used it for two weeks and returned it. Speakers are absolutely horrible, keyboard is very shallow, who needs a numpad with an off center 0 key? Also touchpad is not centered, so left side of the laptop tries to kill your left wrist 🤦‍♂️ Build and feel are great and screen is amazing, no idea why there is no ir camera for windows hello. Dunno who's gonna use it as a tablet, it's godzilla size.

[@Yielar1]

I'm going to wait and see what the apparent redesign next year comes with and make my decision at that point. If they don't knock it out of the park I'll keep using my Razer Blade 15 Advanced which is still going strong with daily use.

[@andyH_England]

The 1TB/16GB version is priced at £1900. Unfortunately, we don't receive the 32GB version here, and it seems they are distributed to creators, possibly to create a misleading impression. Fortunately, there's a £300 discount currently, which is timely, as selling them at the full £1900 seems unlikely. The prices for these ultrabooks have skyrocketed due to the mandatory 16GB starting point, eroding their profitability. According to Intel's briefing, they will not use soldered RAM next year. Despite its speed, efficiency, and lower latency, they cannot afford the premium costs that Apple can. I'm not a fan of these convertibles, though you can use them normally. It will be tough to sell a laptop with no dedicated GPU for this price in 2024.

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

nice. but it would be crazy to buy any laptop before getting reviews and benchmarks for the M4 macbooks next week (?)

[@jfavellanedab2]

Comparando windows vs MAc? por favor.

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

@@jfavellanedab2 well, they are both laptops for "creators".

[@sartonnis]

This review sample's config is really weird. The only model on Samsung's website in the states has the U7 256V and the Arc 140V. You're getting a relatively portable 16" 120hz OLED Wacom EMR pen display which is great for art, but I don't know if the other elements justify the pricing. It seems they finally addressed battery life, the GPU is decent enough and they added an anti-reflective panel, but a lot of the same issues the Book3 and Book4 versions had are still there. Keyboard's still super shallow, hinge is still flimsy, touchpad's awkward, numpad's kinda crammed, etc. Not to mention the price is really high for what you're getting, and there's no 32GB config on sale on Samsung's site, likely because of the RAM being packaged on the CPU itself. The 4 and 3 had an issue with the screen glass spontaneously cracking too. Hopefully it's finally been addressed with this one, but only time will tell.

[@jaddaoud684]

I have a book 3 pro 360 core i5 with 8gb ram and 256gb storage. I got it from a local shop , but i can't find it anywhere on the internet. It's very weird. I think these models are made for select markets.

[@sparevision29]

thanks

[@samwise8731]

I don't know why Samsung sends review units that actual consumers can't buy. That makes no sense.

[@adityaghosal1000]

I mean i know it's still not there yet, but Samsung should really think of using x86 or arm chips in their Tab series in future, with full blown windows. That thing is gonna sell like hot cakes!

[@Snarkyafterthoughts]

Yeah it's so confusing to me. As someone who's had some s series tablets and tried a couple Samsung laptops. It's amazing the chasm in the experience. The tablets are a joy and age extremely well. The laptops are always problematic.

[@adityaghosal1000]

@@Snarkyafterthoughts Exactly there's way more polish in their tablet lineup which is why I want full blown windows on it. Then it can directly compete with the ipads as it would have a significant advantage in software support compared to the heavily restricted ipad.

[@dream.machine]

I usually don't look to Samsung to put out Laptops, but this is a very nice sleek Laptop! 120hz display too 🤔 Thanks for sharing Matthew. 👍

[@MatthewMoniz]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching

[@robinrai4973]

I wish there were more laptops with EMR pens instead of AES

[@guillermocharafedin]

Great video! Any fanless windows laptop to recommend?

[@MatthewMoniz]

Thanks! There are no good fan less windows laptops unfortunately. Best option is MacBook Air.

[@guillermocharafedin]

@@MatthewMoniz thanks for your reply; hope to see new snapdragon fanless options soon; Apple is not an option for me 😬

[@williammaverick]

@@guillermocharafedin This is my struggle too. I can't stand fan noise at all. The last great fanless "ultrabook" (remember this term?) was the Huawei Matebook X (2017). I had it and it was the best thin and light laptop I've ever had.

[@alimalrazi711]

Unique laptop. This will be copilot+ pc. But, the 16gb ram is the main bummer.

[@matkeyboard8054]

that sticker just make me itch

[@Dhilloninuk]

Watching this on intel p3 (windows 95) without internet connection from unexpolored galaxy.

[@sydguitar99]

That chin bezel is ridiculous for Q4 2024

[@cuz129]

Samsung says the CPU is an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor 256V, not a Core 5. Maybe that's a review model that doesn't have the same chipset? I'm ordering one next week!

[@adinnugroho6544]

0:18 : Seriously that RAM size is just Big for this device

[@grahamletts2188]

I own this laptop, and a MacBook Air M3 15". The Macbook's display is brighter (although only 60Hz). The Samsung's battery is very good, if not quite MacBook Air level good, and the heat and fan noise is much improved over the previous model, the Galaxy Book4 Pro 360 (which I upgraded from). The touchpad on the Galaxy Book5 Pro laptop is awful, though, and somehow worse than the Galaxy Book4 Pro 360 for palm rejection and accuracy, and it's not very 'precise'. It's supposed to have the new AI assisted palm rejection, but it doesn't work well at all. For the price, it needs a haptic touchpad with good quality software to back it up. Also Samsung's other software is a bit half-baked - the Galaxy Buds3 Pro don't always switch to/from the Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 for example - I'd say that's worse than the Book4 Pro 360 was, too.

[@VladdyDaddy369]

I completely agree about the trackpad. It's horrendous! It's pretty much the same on all 16" Samsung laptops, one of the worst trackpads out there for palm rejection. I returned both the GB4P and the GB4E because of it and only because of it. It's ridiculous.

[@bassheadlife492]

Why would your palm ever touch the touch pad? Makes no sense..

[@grahamletts2188]

@@bassheadlife492 To explain - it's referred to as 'palm rejection', but what it actually means is rejecting non-intentional touches or brushes. For example if you're a touch typist (I am), part of your palm (usually the bit near your thumb) 'brushes' the edges of the touchpad, because of its position on this laptop and the large size of it. It's unavoidable. I've owned about 15 laptops in the last 4 years due to my job, and this is the only one that has had the issue to this extent, although the HP Spectre X360 wasn't great either. My current laptops (MacBook Air M3 15" and Surface Pro 11) are flawless - it never happens.

[@ysaak8424]

I think theres something wrong with my unit, everyone keeps saying this thing has great battery, but i lose like 10% / 30 minutes while browsing chrome...

[@strayfie2757]

High end laptop should come with Haptic Touch Pad

[@MatthewMoniz]

I agree! Unfortuantely most windows laptops still use glass but thats slowly changing

[@nakdickson]

3:52 Watching this with green vertical lines on my S21+ display makes me want to laugh hard 😅

[@jonahs2792]

Can you also give an update to the screen flexibility, while writing on it. Because i just have had a galaxy book 4 pro 360 and it just bent, while writing in it, leaving a visual arc on the frame, an update to that would be grate, thanks

[@trungkiennguyen1610]

How is the battery life when compared to the Lenovo Slim 7i Aura bro?

[@madhav176]

Which is the best 2 in 1 you would recommend? Irrespective of price and usage scenario -artists

[@trailblazer_ss]

With me, 3 columns numberpad and no big plus big enter always is useless

[@nelrose2494]

in Linus tech tips, they prefer the microsoft surface

[@sparevision29]

thanks

[@geekybutton2589]

waiting for MSI stealth AI review!

[@kamm3021]

*That's an easy SKIP* Absolutely not worth it

[@LucasFilipes]

I like having a numpad, but I can't understand why the trackpad can't be centered.

[@akifyyy]

U want ur palm touched that pad huh

[@Yielar1]

Yup, I won't buy a new laptop with a cockeyed trackpad

[@theoutlet9300]

I would have to loved to get this since i own everything samsung but the price doesn't make sense. Similar spec hp laptops are $500-700 cheaper in canada

[@sklynexd]

This guy defends the power button on mac mini m4 xD. I always turn off any PC so even Macs

[@bioaudi4131]

Man still the touchpad is on the weird place, when typing it will touch our left hand a lot

[@Mahm00dM0hanad]

Core ultra with integrated GPU and yet they’re calling it a “pro” Pathetic

[@tsaukenneth4209]

Only Asus laptops 😊 They got so close to perfect. Only touch pad improvement. I hate when a touch pad is not aligned in the centre.

[@youp1tralala]

Nice unit but Keyboard travel look so low on these things...

[@MatthewMoniz]

Its still a nice keyboard but ya key travel is a bit on the lower side.

[@thadoemahar_gaming8082]

What is the best carry-it-all-day Windows Tablet or Ultrabook in the market in 2024 under USD 1,000?

[@alfredoaraujo9294]

Probably surface pro 11

[@HDRPC]

I have seen Core ULTRA 7 122 in Cinebench 2024.

[@ElCarboon]

Good video

[@MatthewMoniz]

Thanks!

[@einpaul1]

The off-center touchpad is stupid.... The numpad is very useless. It ruins the symmetrical look of the laptop

[@MatthewMoniz]

Im not a numpad guy either but you'll get a lot of people saying they want one.

[@Kngmarve]

Does wabnle really matter ?

[@user-zg9mr9zv9y]

can we play the sims 4 with this laptop?

[@kerunbindra4053]

is the text a mess with rainbow screen door effect?

[@m.b.9.8.]

Ciao! Ti chiedo un consiglio, sono troppo indeciso tra 15 pro max e 15 plus, del pro max mi attraggono le caratteristiche impeccabili, l'unica paura è quella già nota del surriscaldamento che poi deteriora più facilmente la batteria. Del plus non è stato menzionato questo problema con quasi nessun utente, l'unica cosa che mi blocca sono i 60 hz ma mi ci potrei abituare(?), che non avrà apple intelligence non mi importa e le fotocamere mi interessa che siano buone ma non eccellenti. Trovato il 15 pro max 512 gb a 1289 euro e 15 plus 256 gb a 960 euro. Uso canva e picsart spesso e uso abbastanza tiktok da creator pubblicando ogni giorno, per il resto sono un utente normale apparte giocare a DLS 24 (gioco calcio online) e marvel snap. Tu che faresti tenendo conto di tutto? Grazieee P.s. sei una delle poche persone del settore che seguo con costanza 🙌🏻

[@Jerome-iwnl]

Wish the touchpad was centered

[@kennishiky]

samsung really loves putting their pen on the back..like why? just put it on the side😭

[@rotum]

Germany only gets the Core Ultra 5 V226

[@mug786]

2:40 touchpad not haptic. hard pass.

[@mug786]

@DeadLife-l5j cope. solid device is better than flimsy device. the fewer moving parts the better. dirt can't get inside. it's also way more precise.

[@Obloms]

Only 16GB option is meh.

[@Cemruto]

The screen chin is too big in 2024, do better Samsung, if other brands can do it and still maintain a good price, then Samsung can do it too...

[@akksakku5733]

Is that core ultra 5, lunar lake?

[@MatthewMoniz]

yup!

[@harryvlogs7833]

Was extremely disappointed i mean they should just put x elite in all them as this ultra 7 is less powerful than last year and x elite is 30% faster and still more efficient

[@MatthewMoniz]

I disagree the ultra 5 and ultra 7 are compatible with all apps while the x elite would have to translate them slowing down performance unless you're running all arm aps. Also the iGPU with the CORe Ultra 7 is much better.

[@harryvlogs7833]

@MatthewMoniz no look at the benchmarks the igpu on core ultra are only a bit faster

[@alfredoaraujo9294]

App compatibility. Once all apps work well on arm then yea other windows thin and lights will see unnecessary, but at the moment x86 still has the most apps working 😊.

[@harryvlogs7833]

@alfredoaraujo9294 well most important apps like editing apps work well and you won't be gaming on these anyway

[@MetalBearSeto]

Too bad Canada only gets french keyboard layout...

[@MatthewMoniz]

The french keyboard layout is the WORST. I won't be any laptop with a french keyboard layout. Id rather use a fax machine

[@IVMZR]

It's definitely not come with a screwdriver

[@MatthewMoniz]

lol

[@mahadevshankarroy]

1:18😂

[@omarcortes5754]

I like it but it's not something I would buy.

[@MatthewMoniz]

Ya im not a 2-in-1 guy either but its a nice one if you are

[@Electrobuzz17]

I have heard many concerns regarding the latest intel chips such as these . Many youtubers are showing that they are less capable in gaming than the previous gen 14series cpus

[@johntobi1719]

The more laptops u see the more convinced i am to get the m4 macbook, compared to this is it is simply better, even by price

[@josephle2381]

This is for a different target of users. Not everyone uses the same laptop for the same reason you know? Pen capability is a deal breaker for a lot of people.

[@Rocky-pz8px]

MacBooks have no parallel.. they are the best..!!

[@baba.mkhulu]

apple has no touch screen/pen. no 180 or 360 flip. no good. & don't say: get a laptop & a tablet...most of us want one device (that does the work of 2). 🙏🏽

[@Tater_chip_00]

⁠doesn't have the best screen, overpriced storage and RAM upgrades, not good for gaming, no touchscreen, etc. Different people have different needs

[@Jst4vdeos]

MacBook without MacOS would be perfect

[@Lonesome-Warrior]

Can’t even buy it..

[@robert4598]

Too expensive

[@alfajrdream]

No good GPU = not good laptop

[@xswnjo9333]

Office laptop, not for gaming

[@alfajrdream]

@@xswnjo9333 GPU not just for gaming, even your browser need the gpu. GPU means your laptop is good for normal use and deserve the money - value

[@xswnjo9333]

@ an integrated gpu is well enough for office work

[@alfajrdream]

@@xswnjo9333 I hope that.

[@Buffer0verflow]

Love Samsung laptops but I can't deal with all the bloatware....

[@Yielar1]

It's not bloatware if you're in the Samsung ecosystem, obviously

[@lehaepta]

AMOLED = skip

[@horseradish843]

Another shitty intel laptop, avoid buying this. Stick to amd if you want battery life and a computer that just works

[@MatthewMoniz]

Shitty battery life? These intel lunar lake cpus have incredible battery life thats actually better than what AMD is offering. However, AMD does offer better CPU performance.

[@nnnnnn3647]

Never buy samsung products.

[@baba.mkhulu]

not bad ..but looks nowhere near as cool as the all silver (or all white) prior versions. good info in the clip, though. 👊🏽