STYLUS FOR MACBOOK PRO 2020 PRO
But the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro is a very strong contender for the best lightweight laptop, and we’re looking forward to putting it up against its premium PC rivals to see how it compares. We’ve nominated the MacBook Air as the best laptop for most people, and we think that’s still the case. It might not have the most cutting-edge laptop design any more, but it’s what’s inside that really counts. The MacBook Air is effectively a fanless MacBook Pro (M1, 2020), and unless you’re driving it extremely hard it runs extremely quickly and incredibly quietly. The 11th generation Intel Core processors are very good, but the various benchmarks we’ve seen indicate that Apple’s M1 systems have the edge in both sheer performance and battery life. That doesn’t mean it’s an easy win for the Samsung though. The 13.3-inch model is also significantly cheaper than the MacBook Air.
If you’re OS-agnostic the Samsung Galaxy Book is lighter and offers a 4G LTE version for even better mobility, and there’s a larger 15.6” model if you’d prefer a desktop replacement. These are very similar laptops built to high standards with high performance and exceptional portability, although of course they run different operating systems. Samsung Galaxy Book Pro vs MacBook Air: verdict Very easy to remove or attach when needed. Thickness is only 1/5 of other silicon keyboard protection products. It starts at $999 / £999 / AU$1,499 for the 7-core GPU model with 256GB and $1,249 / £1,249 / AU$1,849 for the 8-core with 512GB. Compatible with the keyboard of Macbook pro-2020 2019 touch bar. There are no details about Australian pricing or availability just yet but US and UK consumers can expect delivery from. The 13.3” LTE model is the same price but has less storage. The Samsung Galaxy Book Pro starts at $999 / £1,099 / AU$ tbc for the 13.3” Core i5 with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. (Image credit: Apple) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro vs MacBook Air: price and availability There’s no LTE option and its Wi-Fi is Wi-Fi 6. The MacBook Air has 8GB or 16GB of unified memory and 256GB to 2TB of SSD storage. There’s also a 4G LTE version of the Core i5/13.3” model that drops the storage to 256GB to keep the cost down. The Galaxy Book Pro comes with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage in the Core i5/13.3” specification and 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage in the Core i7/15.6” specification. Fan or no fan it’s an exceptionally fast and efficient system and in benchmarks it outperforms the Core i7-1135G7 in single and multi-core tests. That latter option is the same as in the M1 MacBook Pro but the Air’s fanless design means you can expect CPU throttling under heavy load. The MacBook Air has Apple’s M1 unified system on a chip with a choice of 8-core CPU/7-core GPU or 8-core CPU/8-core CPU.
Graphics with either option are Intel Evo Iris Xe Graphics. Samsung offers the Book Pro with two processors: an Intel Core i5-1135G7 or an Intel Core i7-1165G7. (Image credit: Apple) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro vs MacBook Air: Processor, RAM, Graphics and Storage
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