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Title: Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro Laptop Review - Better than the new XPS 16
Post by: Redaktion on March 31, 2026, 17:12:10
Samsung's new Galaxy Book6 Pro gets Intel's Panther Lake processors, Wi-Fi 7 as well as a new OLED touchscreen, which is finally brighter than before. Prices are very high, however, and the Galaxy Book6 Pro faces excellent rivals, so is it enough to beat the XPS 16 or Zenbook S16?

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-Book6-Pro-Laptop-Review-Better-than-the-new-XPS-16.1257679.0.html
Title: Re: Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro Laptop Review - Better than the new XPS 16
Post by: jdrch on March 31, 2026, 18:58:10
I agree, especially with the 1800p resolution, which Dell seems allergic to.
Title: Re: Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro Laptop Review - Better than the new XPS 16
Post by: Crazy bad value on March 31, 2026, 19:53:59
QuotePWM flickering with high amplitude
OMG first time see 100% amplitude at 240 Hz. Very good stroboscope.

Soldered 32 GB RAM for 2200, no dGPU and the iGPU is only a 4 cores Xe / not even the Arc B390? Crazy bad value.
Title: Re: Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro Laptop Review - Better than the new XPS 16
Post by: Crazy bad value on March 31, 2026, 20:45:51
Leme elaborate:
Quote from: Steel Nomad ScoreApple MacBook Air 15 M5
Apple M5 10-Core GPU, Apple M5 10-Core   
1070 Points

Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro
Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU, Intel Core Ultra 7 356H   
622 Points
So the Air 15 is 71% faster. And an MacBook Air 13, that costs approximately only one third(!), scores 941 points.

Quote from: Mozilla Kraken 1.1Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro
Intel Graphics 4 Xe3, Ultra 7 356H, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL8512HFLU-00BLL   
460 ms *

Apple MacBook Air 15 M5
M5 10-Core GPU, M5 10-Core, Apple SSD AP2048Z   
238.6 ms *
Again the Air is almost 2 times faster (and one does notice this btw).

And the Air achieves this all without any fans.
Title: Re: Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro Laptop Review - Better than the new XPS 16
Post by: dumb_oems on March 31, 2026, 21:09:23
Apple fanboys used to be the ones overpaying.

Now the Windows kids pay double for a substantially worse product. What a time to be alive.
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