The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus is frisbee light with all the trimmings you could want, but it makes too many compromises for its price.
At $700, the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus is one of the best-feeling Chromebooks you can buy this year. However, even with a quality screen, chassis, and feel, it lacks in some key areas. I’ve enjoyed many of the new features introduced to Chromebooks in the last two years. But are these devices now the true AI laptops, thanks to Google’s Gemini? No, of course not.for what are still ultra-cheap laptops.
However, without a touchscreen or any other noticeable features, save for the thin chassis, there’s not much about this Chromebook that excites me to recommend it for $700. You can’t get much better if you want a solid Chromebook and don’t care about cost.The Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus sits in a .47-inch tall body and weighs 2.58 pounds. Yes, it’s light, damn light, but better than that, it still feels solid.
The sound quality is impressive, particularly when using headphones. The display is excellent, but the slim design does not support its role as a complete all-in-one entertainment device.One of the Galaxy Chromebook’s biggest selling points is its 15.6-inch AMOLED display. It’s a nice size, and the 1080p resolution is good enough for streaming YouTube or Netflix.
The fan couldn’t be called loud, but I was surprised to hear it whirring as the device handled three separate Chrome windows and an external display. The laptop could also get relatively warm under stress, but you would only feel it if you held it from the bottom. I never noticed any instances where the heat impacted performance.
However, I have serious doubts about whether anyone should use this for anything beyond outlining or brainstorming. I asked Google’s Gemini to write a paragraph explaining the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus specs just to prove a point. Gemini spat out several options for a paragraph and provided inaccuracies about the display, CPU, size, and more. It will confidently lie about things it does not have the correct information about, and that’s a problem.
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