Galaxy book pro chassis flex

[Hairbrush]

I'm looking for a new ultrabook for college and was about to get the m1 MacBook. I actually prefer windows and the new samsung galaxy book pro seems really good considering I have a s21. But in Alex's short circuit video, the laptops seems to be built really bad. Is it just a engineering sample thing or will the actual be just as bad?

[AMD A10-9600P]

It's likely to be an issue if it is the same laptop you saw in the video, that said, it may not be all that noticeable in real world use. I would personally recommend the ASUS ZenBook (aluminium, pretty much zero chassis flex), the M1 MacBooks (again, aluminium and top of the range) or the LG Gram (very lightweight, great battery, but lots of flex).

[Darkseth]

4 hours ago, Hairbrush said:

I'm looking for a new ultrabook for college and was about to get the m1 MacBook. I actually prefer windows and the new samsung galaxy book pro seems really good considering I have a s21. But in Alex's short circuit video, the laptops seems to be built really bad. Is it just a engineering sample thing or will the actual be just as bad?

it's not a Sample, it's just as you would buy it yourself too.

 

Samsung reduced weight and thinness quite alot. And making it thinner and lighter always means: more flex, because Case material needs to be thinner.
It's just the same with the LG Gram series overall, even if the Trackpad probably won't be clickable from the bottom like on the Galaxy Book.

That's why i think, these Galaxy Books and LG Gram are quite bad laptops, because they sacrafice too much just for bringing the Weight down to the extreme. it's overkill.

 

Alternatives: Asus Zenbook, Dell XPS 13 9310~, Razer Blade Stealth 13 maybe, Thinkpad X1 Nano / X1 Carbon g6~

 

Or try to arrange yourself with MacOS. It's a bit different, does a few things worse, but it certainly has some very nice perks.

And you will benefit from this high performance, zero fan noise, absurd battery life