Microsoft has known how to find with the Surface a very interesting niche with which to offer portability to those users looking for a complete operating system without performance limitations or transport problems. But if we take into account that those of Redmond offer their software solution to other manufacturers, it is to be expected that you will find similar solutions on the market.
The last to arrive comes neither more nor less than from Samsung, which has presented a very interesting convertible model that, as you can see, bears an incredible resemblance to Microsoft's models.
Galaxy Book Features
This Samsung model arrives immediately after we met the Microsoft's new Surface Pro 6, so comparisons will be inevitable. The truth is that Samsung's proposal seems different to us for a simple reason, and it is none other than its processor, since it has a Snapdragon 850 that, although it is an excellent brain, it cannot be compared to the 5th generation Core i7 and Core iXNUMX that give life to the Microsoft team.
Still, the cover letter is really attractive, and with a 12-inch OLED panel with a resolution of 2.160 x 1.440 pixels, it will quickly catch us with the contrast and vividness of colors. Behind the screen we will find a support foot that will serve to support it on the table when we use it as a laptop, and the new keyboard has been improved compared to the first version with wider keys and a more pleasant route.
Full benefits that could suffer in the long term
The Snapdragon 850 is accompanied by 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal memory. Considering the amount of cloud services out there and the way you work today, storage might not be too much of a problem, however, the 4GB of RAM that comes standard (probably not expandable), they could be scarce when we demand of the team.
Perhaps, that is the reason why this new Surface Book arrives with Windows 10 S, the light version of the operating system that we can always update to Windows 10 (the complete one), although as you well know, afterwards you will not be able to turn back.
A price that ends up weighing
Considering all its specifications (especially the OLED screen), the price of $ 1.000 that Samsung is proposing for its Galaxy Book is not entirely the wrong one, but the user could be undecided if we take into account the long-term performance capacity that could offer.
To all this we will have to add that the Surface Pro 6 With Intel Core i5, 128 GB and 8 GB of RAM, it is available at the moment for 1.000 euros, a price that ends up breaking Samsung's strategy, and that would also have Microsoft's own guarantee as it is its own hardware.