Customer Ratings & Reviews

This laptop is great!!! So great, this is the second one I purchased! Good job Samsung!

The very first thing I noticed about the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge was how light in weight it was! The design looks rich and classy, and the 16” touchscreen is stunningly clear. The keyboard layout took a little getting used to because of the large trackpad and slimmer number pad keys, but that’s minor in the grand impressive scheme of this laptop. Keyboard backlighting, USB C port, USB A port, HDMI, microSD slot and headphone jack are must-have features for me, and the Book 4 has them all including 2 USB C ports. Of course, one of these C ports is needed to charge the laptop, but this is a plus because there’s no bulky power cord to keep up with. I will say that the laptop doesn’t charge fast if it’s not connected to the original USB C cord and 20W power brick. But the battery life has really been the best, so I haven’t worried too much about not plugging it in at some point during the day like I did with my previous laptops. I’m surprised at how the laptop stays cool and barely heats up, given the fast speed at which the Snapdragon processor handles all the tasks I’ve given it since starting it up and throughout the day. I multi-task a lot on my laptop and this one has had no problem matching my stride. Windows and apps open and commands execute quickly, even when I’m streaming a video or participating in an online meeting at the same time. I’ve also been able to play my favorite online games without any hiccups at all. And with a 16GB memory and 1TB of storage, I’ve been able to easily save and access my massive collection of music, videos, pictures and document files. I’m not necessarily an AI fan, but I have been having a ball with the built in CoPilot+. It’s been very helpful to me in getting letters written, my photos edited and ready for print, and taking notes during meetings. Proofreading is still necessary, but that’s something I’d do anyway. I've been having fun giving CoPilot+ a command like what would my German Shepherd look like wearing horn-rimmed glasses and it not only draws it, but it looks very vibrant and life-like. I still haven’t explored all that it can do, but I like what I’ve seen it do so far. Overall, the Book4 Edge is attractive, very well built, does what I need it to do with ease, has plenty of RAM and storage, and is ready for the future of AI and then some. It’s great for both personal and business use and worth the cost.

|||| Performance |||| At the time of writing, this laptop had the best available offerings from Qualcomm on the Snap Dragon Elite CPU. The X1E84100 SKU is a 12 core processor based on the ARM architecture. This new offering from Qualcomm is lifted by Microsoft’s renewed focus on Windows ARM version of the operating system. Normal day to day operations like checking emails, watching videos, excel spreadsheets, word documents, managing my NAS, running multiple applications, all work without issue. I’ve tested both Office 365 and Office Libre and the applications have worked without issue. The snapdragon handles multiple browser tabs, with several programs open, switching between them smoothly. I was actually pretty impressed when opening over 30 tabs to test this and noticed that all tabs were fully loaded in about 15 seconds. Lets talk benchmarks. They’re a great way to compare PCs and different work loads. Cinebench 2024 is designed to push modern CPUs. The single core score came in at 129 with multi core scoring 905. Geekbench compares a wide range of devices. Single core scores for me came in at 2,937 while multi core scores were 15,308. Speedometer 3.0 seems to be a popular browser benchmark, so I threw that one in and got a 26.3 on Edge browser. There’s a few call outs though. All tests were done plugged in, using highest power plan possible. I did see lower results with it unplugged, which is a bit disappointing considering other manufacturers can offer the same level of performance plugged or unplugged. As for gaming, I also was not able to get TimeSpy benchmark to make it past the second test. I doubt you’ll be doing AAA gaming on this PC, but I was able to play some Portal 2 without any issues. Tribes 3 Revivals had some frame drops and the fans got pretty loud. Then I remembered I was unplugged and running it at high settings. I was able to get much better frame rates going to low settings on wall power. |||| Co-Pilot & AI |||| The Galaxy Book 4 Edge is a Copilot+PC. This means there are AI features built into Windows that the NPU on the Snapdragon can take advantage of. You can invoke Copilot by using the new key on the keyboard. From there you can ask just about anything. If you want to know the weather, exchange rates, looking for a quick summary on a youtube channel, or just want to know more about quasars, you can ask, and it’ll provide very decent responses with sources so you can read more or validate the source of information. The other neat feature made possible by the snapdragon processor is live captions. With this, you can play a video that may be in a different language and it will translate and caption in what language you choose. I tried this with some Twitch streams and it worked ok. The speaker needs to be clear with their words for it to work well, but I was getting translations from both Japanese and Russian languages. I think it’s a good start, but it needs some work as it frequently reinterpreted words which can make the flow a bit hard to follow. Also built into the camera app is Window’s studio effects. I feel like the camera itself has much better quality than most of your HD cameras as it is. Studio effects allows for things like background blur, which works great. Portrait light adds some additional contrast to the subject of the picture to help illuminate features. Automatic framing adds more to the AI suite by keeping you in the frame, whether your close or you step away from the laptop. Co-creator in paint is also really neat. I can see this being very useful for anyone into graphic design or making marketing material. You can use Microsoft paint to make a bad sketch of what you’re looking for and then have the co-creator fill in the blanks for you. I very poorly drew a grasshopper on a blade of grass and co-creator was able to add in details with a brief description of what I was looking for and generated an AI image matching my description. Aside from the co-pilot, all of the features feel like the first version of the product. It all works well enough to be interesting but needs refinement. I think Microsoft is trying to see what sticks, what people care about, and I hope they continue to develop these features as I think they have a lot of potential. |||| Display & Design |||| Samsung makes great looking phones and they are taking a stab at great looking PCs as well. The light blue color is subtle yet different from your typical aluminum silver. The chassis feels sturdy and well built. The lid passes the one finger open test. Vents on the bottom, sides, and between the hinge and bottom half to blow air out the back, helps keep the laptop cool. The screen is amazing. Samsung makes great displays across the industry and they’re calling this one their Dynamic AMOLED2X. The resolution is 2880 x 1800, running at 120hz refresh rate. The AMOLED technology helps get the deep blacks and vibrant colors which makes viewing photos, videos, and movies pleasing to the eye. The touch screen is responsive too, but I would have liked S-Pen support and a 360 hinge design. This would have been a great way to take advantage of co-creator. There’s also a good amount of ports for the thin design. You’ll get two USB 4.0 Type C ports on the left with a single USB 3.2 Type A on the right. If you’re using this for photo and video editing, you’ll be pleased to see a Micro SD card reader as well as HDMI connectivity for an extra monitor. The keyboard isn’t bad for typing. I love a laptop with a number pad, and they did their best to include one, but the key layout is a bit unconventional so I’m finding it difficult to type on it as quickly as I do on my full size keyboard. There’s also a massive track pad. I don’t typically enjoy using a track pad so giving me a large one to accidentally click on doesn’t help. My high standards for track pads are probably not typical and I’d say most will probably enjoy it. |||| Battery Life |||| One of the unique features of ARM architecture is it’s performance per watt gains. More and more people are looking for all day power out of their laptops so they can do whatever they want to do on the go without knowing where all the power outlets are. I charged the laptop, unplugged, and closed the lid all night. When I came back it had only lost 3% power. I then used it all day for browsing, taking Teams calls, watching videos. I left the power mode at balanced and by the end of my work day, I was down to about 30% when the power saver kicked on. I then used it for a while longer, about another hour before plugging it in around 26%. Now I wouldn’t say this is heavy usage, but I do think it’s close to “all day” usage with a typical workflow. |||| Final Thoughts ||||| I’m excited for the future. With plenty of competition in the CPU space, this will have a huge benefit for the consumer. Samsung has done a great job creating a portable sleek design and integrating the Snapdragon X Elite processor. Samsung does include a LOT of their own suite of programs for notes, file sharing, video editor, screen sharing, password management, and a lot more. If you’re in the Samsung ecosystem, you’ll likely find this all to be very useful. If you’re not, you may find it enticing to get into or you may not find it not useful at all. What I can appreciate is it isn’t locked behind a paywall or a prerequisite of having a Samsung phone. At minimum, some apps just require a Samsung account to get the most out of it. Great laptop to show off the future of Windows on ARM and Qualcomm’s entry into the PC space with their Snapdragon X Elite processor.

Great product if u don't want to photo edit things with the S Pen.

My first smartphone was a Samsung Galaxy, in fact my first several smartphones were Samsung Galaxies because they never steered me wrong. To say I was excited and curious to see what the Samsung Galaxy Book 4, with the hyped CoPilot AI features, would be an understatement. I’d assumed it would be some kind of gimmick or an overhyped advertising bullet point that didn’t actually offer that much. The truth is that CoPilot is really cool and offered some of my favorite aspects of this laptop. Before I get into that, the basics. Inside the box is the laptop, the hyper fast charging cable (20% charge in about 30 minutes, not too bad!), and a small booklet with warranty information and a barebones quick start guide. The hardware onboard is a large 16” touchscreen, 16gb RAM, 1tb SSD, and the real showstopper of the system: Snapdragon X Elite which is listed as 3.8Ghz on Samsung’s website but shows as 4.2Ghz in my system properties. This chip is the secret to the advertised CoPilot’s success and makes all the little bells and whistles work. You also get two USB4 ports (USB-C but super fast), an HDMI port, a microSD slot, a USB-A port, and the endangered species of the computer world: a headphone/mic port. The MicroSD is a small consolation though as there is no way, as far as I could tell, to add or expand the SSD under the hood like most other computers. While 1tb is the standard it really doesn’t go far these days and, maybe I’m the odd man out, I just don’t feel like a DropBox subscription is a viable storage option in the current economy of my household. I was impressed with the battery though, I charged it when I got the computer and then used it without charging off and on for almost four whole days before I had single digits and had to plug in. That is a WILD accomplishment for a laptop these days especially given how much I was using it. It wasn’t 22 hours as I’ve seen some of the advertising say but It was probably at least 12 and probably more. So CoPilot, the big AI elephant in the Galaxy Book 4 room, is it any good? Yes! There’s a dedicated key to the right of the Alt key on the keyboard that allows you to bring up CoPIlot at any point in your computing. You can have it do web searches or assist in locating settings, folders, or how to use features and programs. The Edge browser, which I’ll be honest has never been my “go-to”, is a lot more interesting when you have the option to talk with an AI to get movie recommendations, suggestions for websites (I know its probably the same as a regular search but it seems less cluttered) to buy something I’m looking for, or just talk to it about different topics to see how you can get it to interact. As an old school PC guy I remember the way old days when MS Paint was how you always made your art and then a million other programs and apps came out that stole all the artistic thunder…until now! MS Paint is back with Cocreator mode in the tool box. All the standard Paint tools are here, plus layers which somehow I missed had been added, but in addition Cocreator lets you turn what you’ve drawn/painted/etc into something more with an AI descriptor box and a series of various “styles” of art. I’ll include a picture but basically I copy/pasted a background image then painted a REALLY rough/bad unicorn for my kids before typing into Cocreator that I was trying to do a unicorn with a rainbow mane and a gold spiral horn. I clicked through the styles: Watercolor, Oil Painting, Pixel, Anime, and Ink Sketch. It automatically generated an AI version of my drawing and let me decide if I wanted it “pasted” over mine or not. Further, because this rabbit hole goes DEEP, you can adjust the “creativity” of Cocreator to decide how much of your drawing you want vs. how much it makes up. Basically there’s little noticeable difference below about 30 but if I crank it up to 95 then my art is basically gone and its all the computer’s interpretation. This led to a fun game where I just made random squiggles and then tried various prompts in the text box to see what the laptop came up with. Is it kind of silly? Yeah but I haven’t spent a tenth this much time in the Paint program since probably 8th grade! There’s a similar feature if you edit your photos too, although I found the AI Prompt to be a lot less useful at anything meaningful such as removing background people or removing glasses glare, etc. Its cool to change the background to the Photo Editing styles though such as cyberpunk, renaissance, etc. I didn’t get too into the Samsung Book Experience stuff that’s included, mostly since my current phone is sadly not a Samsung, but Samsung Studio is a slideshow/video creation program that I started playing with just to see how it worked and it prompted me to have inspiration and I began making an actual slideshow documentary on my big trip with the family last year. That’s maybe not a selling point without knowing my frame of mind recently but lets just say I don’t tend to get too in the weeds with slideshows after all the presentations I’ve done for school and work so the fact that this took me away from the AI silly stuff I was enjoying so much should speak volumes if you just take my word for it. One more surprise I had was just how much of a BEAST this computer is for gaming. There is no dedicated graphics card in this laptop, its just the RAM and the Snapdragon processor, but yet I was able to play everything I threw at it with not just no problems but with high graphics settings! I didn’t have any of the newest/hottest to test on it BUT I’ve had a lot of trouble with playing the game “Control” on some of my other systems and not the Galaxy Book 4 Edge. I was so surprised I did a little research and there are people claiming this laptop is playing Baldur’s Gate 3 without lagging. I wouldn’t call this a gaming laptop per se but if the shoe fits then why the heck not! So I’m probably missing something I wanted to talk about, this has been a legit revelation the past week and I’ve had so many “OH COOL!” moments with Galaxy Book 4 Edge, but I think you get the point. I’ve tried out some really solid laptops the last couple years but this is probably the system that has done more than I expected. Is this a good laptop for productivity, oh yeah! Can you do video editing and creative stuff? You bet! Can you game with this thing? It sure seems like it! I don’t know how but this laptop is a real “Everything but the kitchen sink” product, it seems to do anything you would want without breaking a sweat! I haven’t given a full stars review in a while, I don’t like to give them out willy nilly but this really earned it and deserves all the praise and reviews its likely to generate. If you don’t buy one of these you’re doing yourself a disservice because it’s already awesome and there’s bound to be more features added to CoPilot that I can’t wait to see what they are and what they do. A+ Samsung, you understood the assignment and you delivered!

I am blown away by how thin this Samsung Book is, yet it feels like there is so much computer when using it. I would definitely say it gives Macbooks a run for its money here. Its a simplistic and modern look, with a high quality metallic case. While the quality is amazing, it does seem to leave fingerprint smudges easily, but thats not a big deal for me.. Having only a 16” but yet feels so much bigger when using it, along with a full keyboard (num pad included) and large track pad. Maybe its the slim bezels, or the high quality image from the screen, but it definitely feels like a bigger setup than 16”. One of the biggest pros of this for me is the screen, just wow! I’ve used OLED’s before, and while they look great most of the time they are just not bright enough. I really like a rich and bright screen, and this 3k AMOLED panel exceeds my expectations! I’ve actually had to turn down the brightness which is something I rarely ever do. OLED’s don’t even compare to this AMOLED screen, its gorgeous especially when watching high contrast videos (search youtube for OLED demos). Hands down the best computer screen I’ve owned and I’ve gone through a lot. That and being a touch screen is a nice bonus. The next big draw to this computer was the cutting edge of AI built into it. This Samsung is one of the few current computers that has an NPU built into the processor, so it has AI capabilities that other computers don’t. I work in IT and always like to be familiar with newer technology, so one of the first things I’ve done was jump on the AI features built-in. The NPU processes everything locally on the machine as opposed to some server in someone else’s datacenter, which I am a big fan of. Here are my thoughts on the AI features built into Copilot+... Windows Studio Effects - Nice feature to have when using the camera. I’ve only tested this with the built-in camera software and not any meetings yet. It’s mostly filters, and currently seems limited with the available options. I do like the blur options as you can blur your background. I work from home so this is a nice feature to have during video meetings. Its also ideal for blocking out background noises, which is great since the kids are home for the summer! CoCreator - Ok this feature is pretty dang cool, my favorite actually. I’m a horrible artist, on paper or digital, but when testing this out in Windows Paint, it blew my mind the capabilities of this AI technology. You basically draw a simple image and under CoCreate, you describe what you are drawing in a simple sentence or so. From there it will enhance the image, and you can choose the level of “Creativity” by using the slider. The more creative, the more AI is put into it. And wow, this is amazing for designers and digital artists. See my attached images of what I tried.. Live Captions with AI Translation - This is also a very impressive feature. It will automatically translate foreign languages for you. So far I’ve only tested it with Youtube and Netflix, but I have the videos in Spanish and it translates it to English live in caption form. This is actually great for me as my family and myself are learning Spanish. If watching a movie or TV show, the captions may be a bit slow or laggy, but still a very impressive technology. Especially considering it can translate dozens of languages. It also translates English to English captions for those that prefer that too. Regarding other aspects of the computer, its pretty stacked with 16GB of memory, 1TB of hard drive space, and an impressive ARM-based processor all packed into a very thin casing. I’ve never used an ARM processor for a laptop because they seem to be limited in power, but that has changed with the newer ones. Couldn’t even tell it wasn’t an Intel or AMD processor, and matched up pretty comparable in some benchmarks with an Intel Core Ultra 9. As I already stated, the screen is beautiful. Great for photographers and videographers. Battery life is decent, but not great. Don’t expect 22 hours, I get around an estimated 4-6 hours from general usage. Fast charging was a little slower than I expected but not bad, one test I went from 49% to 95% in a little over an hour. There is also a fingerprint sensor to log you in with Hello Windows, a very convenient feature. The sleek setup includes basic ports such as USB A & C, HDMI, Aux, and a memory card slot. Overall, I think this computer is great especially for creators and artists. Its got the horsepower to push through applications and look good while doing it. I can’t vouch for video editing or gaming as I haven’t made it that far. The NPU with AI technology is a great way to future proof yourself. Copilot built into Windows 11 has its own dedicated keyboard button which is a great shortcut when you need to learn something. I hardly use Google anymore as I get my answers much quicker and more specific to what I’m trying to figure out. Once you use this, you won’t be able to look at another laptop screen the same.

AI is here - and the Galaxy Book4 Edge knows how to deal with it - effortlessly. After digesting all the media hype, news articles, and advertisements concerning AI; my impression was that it would be a steep learning curve. But my experience with the Book4 so far has been very comfortable and easy to pick up. The Book4 is immediately impressive out of the box. Given the features & power, it's incredibly slim. Fit & finish are excellent. Setup is smooth, the perfunctory initial download for updates & restart took less than 10 minutes. If you haven't had a new laptop in awhile, you'll be amazed at the speed at which it will copy your files & settings from your previous unit - it still amazes me. 15 minutes from opening the box I was all set to go without skipping a beat. The Book4's power button also serves as a fingerprint reader; it works quite well, and identifies quickly unlike previous devices I've used the technology on. Glancing at the keyboard, I noticed the new CoPilot button, which is used in conjuntion with the new AI features, and made me all the more anxious to see what this puppy could do. The first app on my list was Cocreator - actually, not sure if it's an app on it's own, more like a feature added to Paint. This is not something you can download or utilize like Meta AI or Image Creator; it's only available on a CoPilot PC. First off, I have zero artistic ability - even my hangman stick figures look sad. But, I gave it a shot and followed the guidance. It said to add text and draw what I'm thinking of. Looking at my dog, I typed in "Golden Retriever in the grass." I then suggests you loosely draw your image. Without even a stylus, I traced out something on the screen that you couldn't guess was either a dog, a pig, or a horse. Out of this, Cocreator made an image I was astounded with. My wife was watching, and said "let me try it." She played a few minutes, and was ready to go. We had just bought a Roblox gift card for our niece, so she typed in "A 9 year old girl in Roblox." What came out was something that if you printed it out on card stock would be difficult to differentiate from a $5 Hallmark card. So that's what she did, printed a card & enclosed the gift card. When she got it, my niece blurted out "where did you get this?!!" If a couple of non-artistic rank amateurs like us put this together in a few minutes, I can only imagine what it can do for someone with artistic talent & a stylus. What a giant leap for the Paint program! Also worth mentioning, the fact that the Book4 comes with a supersized touch pad definitely adds to the experience. Which brings me to the point of the AMOLED screen. It's bright, sharp, positively the best screen I've owned. The fact that it's a touchscreen makes it even more amazing. Maybe it's an optical illusion, but it looks larger than my previous laptop's 17"OLED. It has automatic ambient light detection, and looks good even in bright daylight. Another highlight, or maybe I should say innovation, is Live Caption. It's like Closed Caption gone mad. It will add text to your Zoom meeting in real time, movies or shows that don't have their own captioning, and... it speaks 44 languages and translates! My favorite use for this - how-to Youtube videos in a foreign language. Now nothing is beyond my reach! Speaking of Zoom calls, the Book4 is not done yet! Whether it's a Zoom, a video phone call or a podcast, also built in is Windows Studio Effects. This feature improves lighting, has AI that will keep you centered in the shot, maintains eye contact, blurs your background, as well as other features (I saw make it look artistic or cartoonish, but didn't try that.) In spite of all the increased processing power these AI features add, the Snapdragon processor seems to handle it all in stride. I'd be hard put to distinguish it from any Intel or AMD processor I've previously owned. In all the exercises I've put the Book4 to, I haven't heard it breathe more than a gentle breeze. I don't know the technical aspects of it, but my guess is they've got a one-up on their competitors when it comes to keeping it cool. One way to gauge this is to just take a look at the power pack - it looks pretty much like a 20W phone charger; not the brick that's usually associated with laptop power supplies. Samsung has made a great entry into the CoPilot laptop field; if you're in the market, I strongly suggest you take a look.

I honestly didn't know what to expect with these new AI line of Windows PCs, but I was pleasantly surprised, but also disappointed. THE HARDWARE Let's get this out of the way: These new Snapdragon processors are FAST. At least according to my benchmarks, The Snapdragon X processor in this Galaxy Book4 Edge is on par with my M2 machine. The screen is just the right resolution for its size and there are plenty of ports to keep you from needing to carry a dongle around. Battery-wise, this laptop is also impressive. With light use, I went for over a day before I had to recharge. Overall, the whole laptop is thin, light and gorgeous. Also owning a Samsung phone and earbuds, everything integrates nicely in its own ecosystem. My only real gripe on the hardware side is that the keyboard feels a bit stiff, the internal drive is disappointingly slow, and the speakers are about on par for laptop speakers. Nothing special there. SOFTWARE Again, this is a surprisingly fast and powerful laptop, and almost feels wasted on what I would call introductory AI features. Cocreator is a cool feature that many may not find useful beyond its initial novelty. There were some instances where it's interpretation of my drawings were quite good; but most of the time, the results were fairly AI-looking journeys into dollar store recreations of Picasso drawings. Similarly, the Studio Effects filters are pretty preliminary. There is one feature that makes your eyes appear to stay focused on the camera, but it often seemed like a creepy introduction to the Uncanny Valley. My favorite feature is Live Captions, which provides a language translation overlay as it listens to whatever is coming over the audio channel. This worked pretty well, although it was sometimes difficult to read the translation as the AI was updating its output to what it was hearing in real time. As someone trying to learn a language, this tool has been great! The CoPilot+ AI features seem like a work in progress. Hopefully there will be additional capabilities and refinements, but I can't fault the Galaxy Book4 Edge hardware for that. Essentially this laptop has the power, it's just waiting for the software to catch up.

Very easy setup. Allow about 30 minutes for setup and multiple reboots for Windows Update. There are several sign in options. You can use a PIN, Fingerprint Recognition or Facial Recognition. My computer wouldn’t allow me to setup Facial Recognition as I receive the error message “we couldn’t find a camera compatible with Windows Hello Face.” You need to choose if you want to have ESS (Enhanced Sign-in Security) OR external peripherals (Windows Hello) to sign in. ESS is more secure. You can modify this setting under SETTINGS – ACCOUNTS – SIGN IN OPTIONS. I left this at ESS and still does read my fingerprint. I never tried Windows Hello. This laptop utilizes ARM technology and I found that some programs do not install properly. The Snapdragon X Elite X1E84100 processor is amazing and clocks at up to 4.20 GHz. It also didn’t run hot, even after hours of use. 16 GB RAM works fine for me. And the 1 TB storage will be enough for most users. Included ports: 2 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 with Thunderbolt 4 1 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 1 x HDMI 1 x micro-SD card slot 1 x 3.5mm audio jack Battery life was a maximum of 9 hours of regular use. On one day it maxed out at 7.5 hours. Good battery life but not as much as Samsung advertises. It is also very lightweight and easy to take along on a trip. The Sapphire color is very subtle – how about some bright colors Samsung? Beautiful display with a 120Hz refresh rate. Samsung makes great monitors and TVs and it shows in this display. The screen is also anti-reflective. Sound quality is average for a laptop. The biggest flaw for me is the keyboard design. It sits too far back and is given less space than the touchpad. I prefer a mouse but use the touchpad sometimes. This keyboard requires adjusting my hand position when I type and is uncomfortable. The touchpad is sensitive and wrong hand placement will be considered an input. The numbers keypad is appreciated. There is also a dedicated AI key that will connect you to Co-Pilot. Co-pilot was one of my favorite features. I asked it to create a Mardi Gras poem and it did a great job. It was fun using the feature but it works better if you type what you are looking for than saying it. It is not entirely accurate if you are looking for news information as it doesn’t seem to compile the most recent information. It still had the Ruby Red Slippers thief as being tried in May; it should be this fall. A Mardi Gras poem written by Co-Pilot: In New Orleans, where the streets come alive, Mardi Gras magic, where spirits thrive. Masks and beads, in colors so bright, Purple, green, and gold, a dazzling sight. Parades roll by with floats so grand, Music and laughter fill the land. Jazz notes dance in the evening air, As revelers twirl without a care. King cakes sweet, with hidden surprise, Costumes and feathers, a feast for the eyes. From dawn till dusk, the city sings, In the heart of winter, joy it brings. Laissez les bons temps rouler, they say, Let the good times roll, come what may. For in this season, we all belong, In the rhythm of Mardi Gras, we find our song. Sharing large files is a breeze and they transfer quickly. Cocreator is a feature where you can create images in the Paint program using AI technology. It is lacking. I typed in a Mardi Gras float in a parade with a king and queen in purple, green and gold. The images weren’t of people, no float and no parade. A giant turtle with a purple pig on it’s back didn’t work either. Also, it crops the top of the heads. A simple elephant was ok. Another feature is Live Captions and that actually worked pretty well. Handy for those needing accessibility but still not 100% accurate. Windows Studio Effects is another great feature. It is especially useful for Team meetings and video calls. The Automatic Framing and Portrait Light really help you look better. You can also blur the background, maintain eye contact, etc… This is a very nice laptop. AI is just not there yet in terms of accuracy but that isn’t just a Samsung issue. Future updates will hopefully enhance these features. PROS: Processor speed Battery life (not as long as claimed) Lightweight / portable 16” Audio Jack Port options Co-pilot Windows Studio Effects CONS: Keyboard position Average speakers RAM not upgradeable Cocreator

The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge’s aluminum chassis is well built and incredibly thin. I’ve weighed the laptop at just 3lbs 6.8 oz. The color I got is “Sapphire Blue” but in my opinion it is mostly silver with a just a hint of blue. There is an HDMI 2.1 (up to 60hz) alongside 2 USB-C 4 ports on the left-hand side. On the right is a USB-A 3.2, a headphone/mic combo jack, and a microSD card slot for additional storage. I also really like that the laptop does not have a proprietary charger or charging port, it simply includes a USB-C power brick. The display is as good as it gets with the Samsung Dynamic AMOLED 2X. With OLED, the blacks are black, the grays are gray, and the colors are vibrant. At 16” and a resolution of 3K there is a lot of real estate and combined with the portability makes this an excellent computer for getting work done on the go. The screen is also touch and multi-gesture enable. There is also an anti-reflective coating on the display to reduce glare. The trackpad is one of the largest I’ve ever seen on a Windows laptop and supports multi-gesture. The keyboard is comfortable to type on and includes a number pad. The top right of the keyboard sports a fingerprint reader, which can be used to login or unlock the laptop. One downside is the side-firing quad AKG speakers. There is very little bass and a lack of fullness to the sound. Windows on Arm is not new. This is in fact my third Snapdragon laptop as Microsoft and Qualcomm have been trying to get Arm going for several years now, ever since Apple shook up the industry when they ditched Intel CPUs and released their own Arm based M-series chips. That ushered in a new era of integrated CPU and GPU that were not only powerful, but much more efficient, requiring less cooling and much less power. The Elite X is a 4nm system on a chip with 12-cores and it is fast. I clocked a 2872 single-core and 15570 multi-core score on Geekbench 6, which shockingly beats my Intel Core i9-13980HX, a gaming laptop from last year with 24 cores. I started using the Book4 Edge as my coding workstation and so far, I have been impressed. I’ve been able to install all my software engineering tools within WSL2 and Ubuntu Linux. Samsung provides three performance modes: “High Performance”, “Optimized”, and “Quiet”. I’ve left it on Optimized the entire time, even to do benchmarking. For the most part, it is quiet, as the fans rarely do kick on. With nearly a week’s worth of use at the office, it hasn’t crashed or thrown a single curve ball at me, which is impressive for a new processor. The Elite X also includes an NPU, or Neural Processing Unit, which can process large amounts of data in parallel, much more efficiently than a GPU can. Copilot+ is Microsoft’s branding for these new generation of PCs that contain an NPU and are designed to process AI-intensive tasks like language translations and generation locally on the laptop. As a Copilot+ PC, you get a new Copilot key immediately next to the right Alt key. This shortcut launches Microsoft Copilot, an AI powered app that can answer your questions as if you are in a conversation or create images for you on the fly. I personally find this key very useful as I have been getting used to using these new tools in my workflow over the past year. The laptop also features Windows Studio Effects, which are NPU accelerated features that can enhance video conferencing. My favorite is the eye contact feature which will make it appear as if you are looking at the camera, even though you are reading content from the screen or slightly looking elsewhere. Speaking of video conferencing, the webcam on this laptop is better than most I’ve seen, producing sharp images even in lower light. Cocreator is another AI powered tool inside of the MS Paint program. It’s currently in Preview mode and I can see why. It's hit or miss, but to be fair, I’m not an artist. The idea is you sketch something and then describe what you are trying to create. Cocreator will use AI to generate an image for you. There is a slider that allows you to adjust the “creativity”. Adjust it all the way to the right and it fabricates something that seems to only take the text prompt into account, not the sketch. Move it all the way to the left and it mostly leaves your sketch unchanged. The key is to find some place in the middle but it’s merely guessing at what you want, and the results can be wild or otherworldly, like limbs or hands that are missing or in an unnatural position. I had better luck keeping the creativity level low and sketching inanimate objects. My favorite AI feature is live translations, an extension of the Live Captions feature that you find on non Copilot+ PCs. With this, you can put on a video, audiobook, podcast, anything and press Win+Ctrl+L to enable it. You will see the language spoken transcribed into English on the fly. It is pretty cool and opens up access to content instantly that isn’t subtitled like a broadcast of a sporting event in another country or a Zoom meeting where they are speaking a different language. Right now, it works with 40+ languages. While clearly not a gaming laptop, I found that the integrated Adreno GPU is actually pretty good. I was able to run Rocket League, casual games like Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge and even Cyberpunk 2077. The bigger issue is whether the game will run at all on the new architecture. Fortnite will install but just simply tells you “ARM64 CPU is not supported.” when you launch it. Shadow of the Tomb Raider could not find a graphics card. I also could not get my USB4 dock’s ethernet port to work. When I went to the manufacturer’s support there was a note that their Windows ethernet driver does not work on Arm so that explains that. You will want to get into the habit of looking for Arm64 (sometimes called aarch64) downloads when installing software. While a lot of popular and mainstream applications such as web browsers have Windows releases for Arm there are years worth of legacy applications that will only ever support Intel x86/x86_64. For those apps that’s where emulation comes into play and for the most part it is seamless. I honestly can't discern any performance hit on an emulated application, but you will get peak performance and max battery efficiency if you can find an aarch64 version. So while you may run into the occasional app that won't run I think these will get resolved sooner than later as the excitement and hype around these new generation of PCs is strong. As adoption rapidly ramps up developers will be updating their games, apps, and drivers to support the new architecture. As far as battery life, while I’m not getting the 22 hours that Samsung claims in their marketing it has more than met my expectations. On a 4K video loop at 50% brightness and 50% volume I got just under 15 hours. Pros: - Beautiful AMOLED 2X 16” Touch Screen - 3K Resolution at 120hz - HUGE Trackpad w/ multi-gestures - Premium Build - Quiet Operation - Incredibly Lightweight and Thin for 16” - Supports Copilot+ w/ new NPU - 1 TB of storage - Excellent Webcam - Windows 11 Home with Disk Encryption - Full-size Keyboard with Copilot Key - Wifi 7 and Bluetooth v5.3 - USB-4 Support - Fingerprint reader - 3.5 Headphone/Mic jack and microSD Card Slot - No Proprietary Charger – USB-C Power Adapter Cons: - Some Arm Compatibility Issues - AKG Speakers Could be Better Overall – this laptop is what some Windows loyalists have been dreaming of for years. A premium, full-size, lightweight device with excellent performance, a killer screen, and great battery life. As long as the software compatibility continues to get better the future for Windows on Arm is strong!

This is one sleek-looking laptop. The sapphire blue finish (more like dark silver) gives it a classy look. It is slightly thicker than my phone, quite light, and easy to handle, despite the size, which still fits in my medium-sized backpack. The aluminum chassis just feels nice and cool in the hand and doesn’t attract smudges or fingerprints that much. It is well-built, the hinges are stiff and there is minimal panel wobble. There is plenty of connectivity with 2 USB-C, HDMI, legacy USB, and a micro SD card slot. The typing experience is good, although I could do with a bit more key travel. The key spacing is OK, and while I really do appreciate the numpad, it feels like the keyboard is a bit condensed and took some time to get used to it. The backlit keys are bright. The trackpad is huge (4.5” by 6”)! I thought it may be an issue with palm placing but with my typing style it is not an issue. I am a bit disappointed that it’s a springboard design instead of haptic. This is by no means a deal-breaker since I mostly use touch control. The 120 Hz 3K AMOLED display is simply gorgeous to behold. It may not be the brightest, but it’s good enough for bright environments. The anti-glare helps in both bright and dark conditions. No matter the content, I enjoyed every minute of it -especially in HDR. The sound quality is what you’d expect from most laptops. However, the ATMOS implementation is well done, and the directional queues are very accurate. The battery life is most impressive. I have been using the laptop in optimized mode for two days at work, doing web-based apps, productivity tasks, and watching video content and I finally got the low battery notification. The laptop has quick charge so a little bit on the brick and I’m good to go for another 2 hours. Obviously, if I push the laptop when playing games or video processing, that may vary. I am very pleased with the overall performance. The Snapdragon X Elite (E84) is super-fast during regular usage. I had a good experience using the included Samsung apps such as Screen Recorder and Samsung Studio. Even more dedicated editing apps ran well. Now, this is not a gamer laptop, so playing heavy triple-A titles may not be the best experience. Still, the Adreno GPU played some titles at low-mid options. Also, one thing to keep in mind, is that there are several apps, programs, and games that are not compatible with this chipset (yet). Fortunately for me, I did not run into this issue, and I don’t plan to use this laptop for gaming. Now that AI is all the rage, this PC is well optimized for that with the integrated NPU. There is a dedicated key for the copilot which is convenient for me as I am increasingly using that feature. AI is not the most compelling tech to come out, but it is a lot of fun to use, especially in Cocreator, Live Captions, and Windows Studio Effects. The camera is quite good at 1080p/30sec. It is definitely acceptable for video conferencing. The microphones pick up well but may introduce some noise such as typing. Unfortunately, there is no IR cam for face sign-in or auto-framing. The AI options are very useful in online meetings. Lastly, if you are part of the Samsung ecosystem, this is a must-have in my opinion. I have all my devices synced up. It is amazing to have my Galaxy Tab S9 on one side, my S22 phone on the other, and being able to see content on the tablet, work on the PC, and receive phone calls and notifications on the phone -all while using my Galaxy buds. Plus, transferring videos and pictures between devices is so easy. Yes, this is a premium laptop with a premium price. However, in my usage and workflow and being part of the ecosystem, I feel it certainly worth the price.

Over all I love it. Pros: Insane battery life 10+ hours of mixed use.(compared to my old intel laptop 2-3hrs) The screen is fantastic, between 2 TV's 4 monitors and 1 other laptop in my house its still the best by a large margin. Processor is just as quick and snappy as you would expect a modern computer to be. Cons: Really the only con is compatibility with games and VPN software. VPN I use (PIA) is working on a app for Windows Arm so hopefully it wont be an issue for long. As for games anything that uses a 3rd party anti-cheat is currently dead in the water for now and everything else seems to be 50/50 chance of working. Overall its battery life alone makes it worth it for me personally, and realistically if your looking to play games get a desktop even if you get a laptop that can run games at even a playable frame rate your going to be tethered to a wall anyway.

Positives: + Amazing battery life, 10 to 16 hours depending on usage. + Gorgeous OLED display. Likely the best out there. + Bought it for the great Samsung EcoSystem. I can wirelessly connect my Tab S10 Ultra as a 2nd monitor, as well as with my Galaxy ZFold 6. Easily transfer phone calls, text, and pictures to this laptop. + The Book4's weight is amazingly light, like the LG Gram series. I was considering the Intel version Book4s Pro/360/Ultra, which had more processing power, but that extra 1 lb made all the difference. I would definitely trade up the power for mobility. This is a game-changer as I could easily take this from my office desk and work on a couch or even in bed. Negatives: - The Snapdragon CPU does have its limitations. Available software is somewhat limited for now. No issues, however, if you're doing most activities from a browser like Edge or Chrome. - Acceptable 16GB memory capacity. Why wouldn't Samsung offer a 32 GB version? I'm a big multitasker on Chrome, often running 4 to 6 windows with 4 to 10 tabs each. - Acceptable keyboard key travel. Some have complained that the 1mm travel was too short. It feels acceptable to me. But this area could be improved. - Occasional palm issues on the large trackpad. I bought this to upgrade from my 32GB Dell XPS 14", 2TB SSD. The 16" OLED was a welcome change, but I had to downgrade both the RAM and SSD drives. Still worth it as the lightness makes it much more usable. I don't play many games anymore. And I haven't done much video or photo editing. But I believe this laptop can do light duties in those categories.

Samsung has been putting out some solid laptops the last few years, and the new Galaxy Book 4 Edge turns out to be one of them. Mine comes with an excellent 16 inch touch screen, 3K resolution AMOLED version with 120Hz. This is the first thing that stands out once you turn the machine on via the fingerprint reader in the upper-right keyboard corner that doubles as the power button. Be sure to run all automatic updates during setup, but it doesn’t hurt to check manually for more as there may be some as well, before using. The Book 4 Edge is thin, but very solidly built with most of it being made mostly out of aluminum, which keeps it light but also very sturdy. The backlit keyboard has just enough space in-between the keys and just the right amount of give to make it very comfortable to type on. There’s a numeric pad and a large pad for navigation. Ports include a HDMI 2.1, and two USB-C 4.0 on the left and a micro-SD slot, USB-A 3.2, and headphone/mic port on the right. I would have liked though, to have seen one more USB-C on the right, as the included USB-C power cord that comes with this model is shorter than many, and it was a tight squeeze to get it from a close power outlet to the left side of the laptop to charge it. The quad AKG speakers work pretty well. More than what you need for daily tasks and to listen to music while working. 16 gigs of RAM is ok, though I’d like to see a little more at this price point. Having a decent 1080p (2 megapixel) web cam is good, and it includes “studio effects” so you can adjust lighting, background blur, and more during video calls; like many cams, the quality isn’t the best in lower light, but it’s better than many out there. Another build-in feature called “Live Captions” helps to translate other languages during video calls, narrowing the language barrier – it’s like a science fiction movie! Need some AI images or graphics? Go into Paint, and “CoCreator” will help you create them based on descriptions you give it. Copilot is now built in to this model with it’s own dedicated key on the keyboard and screen app. You can ask Copilot just about anything and it can give you an answer, write a song or poem for you, an email suggestion, and find photos (use responsibly). I find this feature very helpful. With all updates there’s still an occasional bug where I may ask it for photos and it’s blank, but reopening it seems to fix it. No doubt more updates will come over time as well. Overall though, I think this is a very neat and very helpful feature that saves a lot of time when you need some help looking things up or trying to figure out how to word things. The Snapdragon X Elite processor is new to me, but seems to handle whatever I’ve thrown at it. Photo editing, short video renderings, and of course, 4K video watching. The fan came on during video renderings, but it’s not obnoxious and quickly goes back down once you’re done. The graphics (Qualcomm Adreno) is built-in and not a dedicated video chip, but it hasn’t had any issues with what I’ve been doing. Battery life is rated at 21 hours, but this is subjective depending on what you’re doing. So far while I can’t rate a specific number of hours, I’d say with mixed use, I can get through two business days with it, give or take again, on if I decide to crank it up or not, how I adjust the screen brightness, or more. My complaints of the Book 4 Edge are nit-picky, but, I’d again like to see one more USB-C port on the right side, a bit more RAM for the price, and I wish they would have included a longer charging cable with it. So while not quite perfect for me, I’d still recommend the Book 4 to folks – it’s a good laptop. It’s built like a tank, has good keys, a great high res screen, and enough AI features to keep you creative for years. Thumbs up!

The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge is a beautiful, lightweight laptop with a vibrant 16-inch touchscreen that makes everything look amazing. It's fast, responsive, and perfect for multitasking, handling work, streaming, and more with ease. The AI assistant, Copilot+, is a handy feature that helps you get things done quickly. Overall, it’s a stylish, powerful laptop that you will like.

Nice looking, lightweight, loads fast. Colors are crisp.

It is one of the best laptops I have ever had. It is fast and good, and its battery is very good, to the point that it lasts for 3 or 4 days. It helped me a lot in my studies in cybersecurity. It is very beautiful and simple, and I advise everyone to buy it.

Pros : Great battery life, best display have seen, beautiful styling and plenty of ports. It is pretty fast and runs the major apps that I use including most of my older games, I installed Visual Studio on it and plan on developing AI applications starting in November.

Good computer great screen great processor. Touchpad is a bit laggy and keyboard spacing is too wide IMO.

Excellent device with great battery life and performance from the optimized Qualcomm chip, but unfortunately, that is also the device's issue. ARM-based support for Windows isn't fully implemented by all manufacturers yet, so while everything works fine on the device itself, you may run into issues with devices that plug in.