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Galaxy’s Book 3 Pro 360: A High-Performance Performance Notebook for Pencils and Pseudoscalars

There’s a lot to love about Samsung’s Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360, but I have a hard time giving it a full recommendation. It has a display that is the biggest I have tested and is compatible with the S Pen to make it an even better notebook to use for sketching and taking notes. It pumps out some of the best performance we’ve seen at this price, and lasts long enough to get through the average workday. And while it’s not cheap at its current promotional price of $1,700, it’s also not a bad value — a Microsoft Surface Pro 9 with similar specs and a keyboard and pen (not to mention an older processor and smaller screen) will run you about $1,900.

That all sounds promising, but with starting prices from $1,750 for the Pro to $2,450 for the Ultra, these premium PCs don’t come cheap. Wondering if they’re worth the preorder? We’ll have to properly test Samsung’s latest notebooks to see how they stack up to the best laptops, but here’s what we think after some early hands-on time.

The cheapest version of the book is the one with a price of $1,450, and both 14-inch and 16-inch versions will be available. The Book 3 Pro is available in both the same colors and with a price tag of around $1,900 and it comes only in Graphene.

The notebook’s I didn’t have much time to try out the 16-inch Dynamic AMOLED screen, and it only looked bright and colorful in my limited testing, but the smooth 120Hz refresh rate made it feel great, and I felt good using the included S Pen. Packing a vivid 2880 x 1800 display, the Book 3 Pro 360’s panel is both sharper and taller than the previous generation, adopting a 16:10 screen ratio that seems to be the new standard for many 2023 machines.

You can take advantage of Multi Control, which allows you to navigate your computer and tablet from the same place, and Second Screen, which will turn your Tablets into a secondary monitor for your PC. I was lucky enough to get my hands on the third iteration of the device last month and it was great, even though there was a slight lag when navigating the screen with the Tab S8 in my hand.

The Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360: An Ultra-Thin Laptop for High-Performance Video Games and Playing with Low-Endurance Capabilities

The Book 3 Pro 360 is an impressive 0.5 inches thin and feels very light at 3.7 pounds; despite its wide frame, I had no issues carrying it from room to room as I went about my day. My review unit looked nice enough in grayish Graphite (there’s also a more alluring Beige model), but be warned — this thing is a fingerprint magnet.

You can leave your Adaptor at home since you don’t have to keep a cloth handy. At a time when most modern laptop makers don’t want to give away more than one port on their products, the SAMSUNG GALAXY BOOK 3 PRO OSS is generous when it comes to connected devices. Last year’s version of the same device didn’t include a headphone jack,HDMI port for TVs and older monitors, as well as a USB-A port. I always appreciate when a laptop includes a USB-A connection for my older peripherals, and I give Samsung props for cramming one into a notebook this slim.

The performance of the Galaxy Book3 Ultra is solid, if underwhelming. For gamers, titles with a focus on quality and detail fare well, with Assassin’s Creed comfortably hitting 60 frames per second on Ultra settings on this 3K display. The same goes for Borderlands 3, with 3K Low settings or QHD Medium hitting 60 frames per second. In Apex Legends, where frames per second are king, you’ll have to drop down to QHD Low settings to hit the maximum this 120-Hz panel can offer.

This laptop is prepared for a full day on the road, and will last for much longer during on-and-off use. The Galaxy Book’s run time falls right in line with the latest 14-inch MacBook Pro and Surface Laptop 5, though we got much longer endurance (but also much worse performance) out of the latest Surface Pro 9 5G edition, which lasted a whopping 11 hours and 43 minutes.

The Book 3 Pro 360’s 1080p webcam isn’t the best I’ve used (that title goes to the MacBook Air M2), but I found it to be reliable for my usual video calls. Every time your camera is used, it will prompt you to use the studio mode option that allows you to blur your background, apply effects to your face and enable auto framing so you always stay in the shot. These features mostly worked fine, though Auto Framing isn’t quite as smooth as Apple’s similar Center Stage tech, and the app’s HDR filter didn’t seem to do anything to enhance how I looked.

One of the few 2-in-1 laptops to include a stylus is theBook 3 Pro 360. It’s not safe to store it in a secure place. The S Pen can be attached to the laptop’s lid by magnets, which is good for when it’s sitting on your desk but not suitable for when you are on the go and want the stylus to fall off in your bag. When your Surface Pen is folded up, you will be able to safely store it in Microsoft’s Signature Keyboard, but you need to purchase a keyboard and stylus separately.

Despite its fast raw performance and plethora of software, using the Book 3 Pro 360 for my daily needs wasn’t always smooth sailing. After updating Windows, I noticed that there were less issues after restarting programs, but I still have problems with the Live Wallpaper app. I was let down by how messy the software is, because I ran into a few bugs that weren’t very frequent.

A lot of the time, a lot of the different windows on your screen are caused by using more than a dozen pre-installedSamsung apps. If you use a feature in the software, you are taken to a page that tells you to open a new window to use it. And while Samsung’s laptop paired instantly to my Galaxy Buds, I had to install what was basically an emulated version of the Android Galaxy Buds app to adjust things like active noise cancellation and sound profile. Quick Share allowed me to save photos from my phone to my book, but it took me longer than AirDropping.

It all feels very disjointed and sloppy, and while the perks are there for Samsung users, the implementation is a far cry from the tight, seamless integration you’ll enjoy as an iPhone user on a MacBook.

The Ultra won’t surprise you if you’re familiar with the Galaxy Book range. It is the same, but bigger, with the same metal body and understated look. The thicker device features a 16-inch 3K Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel, a bright and rich display that brings the added benefit of a 120-Hz refresh rate.

Don’t let the big screen fool you—it’s an immensely portable machine, comfortably more so than its 16-inch MacBook Pro rival. The Ultra is almost 1 pound lighter than the M2 Max version of Apple’s machine. Beyond needing a bag big enough to stow it, this is definitely a laptop that can be ferried between work and home.

Those are some high prices, but the top-spec model I’m testing is $500 less than the comparative 32-GB unified memory and 1-TB SSD M2 Max 16-Inch MacBook Pro, and $200 less than an equivalent Razer Blade 16 configuration—though the latter comes with a better processor.

The picture is better for creatives. When comparing the performance of the Ultra and the MacBook Pro, the Ultra was barely pipped. This laptop is more than capable as a tool for creators doing demanding editing work, but it falls short of the M2 Max’s capabilities, and crucially, unlike Apple’s machine, needs to be on power for its full capabilities. There is a huge dip in performance when this laptop is unplugged.