Samsung Galaxy Book 12 Review. t's a clean, minimalistic design, and fairly lightweight too. At 754 grams complete with the keyboard attached, it undercuts the Surface Pro 4 slightly.

That's despite the Samsung having a slightly larger, 39.04W battery. Inside, there's a 7th-generation Intel Core i5-7200U 3.1GHz dual-core, paired with 8GB of memory and a 256GB SSD. Samsung also offers an LTE configuration.

Samsung Galaxy Book 12. The other big input option is the S Pen. Samsung bundles that as standard, and it now uses a narrower 0.7mm tip that has been given a slight rubberized coating.

It feels a little like a gel ink pen on the Galaxy Book. Still, it's as useful as a stylus can be. Samsung Notes is preloaded, and in portrait orientation the keyboardless tablet makes for a capable note taking slate. Alternatively, you could install Microsoft OneNote, which can also recognize digital ink.

I have tried the Galaxy Book in Best Buy and the stylus certainly is better than the old SP4 which has lousy light pressure sensitivity, and parallax problems. I will try the new SP5 stylus but doubt it will better the Samsung.

The KB to me is a necessary evil and I actually found the feel and travel on the GB to be a bit better than the SP4 KB. I will use this largely as an art pad and with a mouse for 3D design, so honestly the Samsung may end up the better choice.