Here's a chance to grab yourself a really lovely laptop for a bargain price, as $300 has just been knocked off the price of the Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro, bringing it down to just $1,049.99. That's amazing value for this sleek, ultra-portable machine, which even includes a 3K OLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, and weighs just 2.7lbs (1.2kg).
In particular, that price is fantastic for the screen on offer, making this best laptop deals around at the moment. The screen has a very high resolution of 2,880 x 1,800, which looks super sharp on the 14-inch , which also doubles as a touch-screen.
More importantly, it also uses the latest AMOLED (active matrix organic light emitting diode) tech, which is extremely quick and responsive, while also offering high contrast, deep blacks, and vivid colors. This is also paired with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, which means the screen will adjust its refresh rate in sync with your graphics card, so you don't get any tearing artifacts in games.
And yes, you could even play some games on this laptop, thanks to its Lunar Lake chip, which contains an Intel Arc 140V Battlemage GPU. This is the same chip used in the new MSI Claw 8 AI+ gaming handheld, and while it's not going to rival a dedicated graphics chip, it's surprisingly capable. You won't be able to max out the latest games at 2,880 x 1,800 on it, but you could happily play lots of them at 1,920 x 1,080 with the settings dialed down. Intel's own figures say you can run Diablo 4 at 66fps, for example, and Doom Eternal at 71fps, when running at 1080p.
Meanwhile, the Intel eight-core U is a Core Ultra 7 256V, which gives you four P-Cores that can boost to up to 4.8GHz for high-performance tasks, and a further four E-Cores to help out in multi-threaded work. Like the GPU, you can get faster chips, but that's still plenty fast enough for most people's Windows needs. The fact that it's integrated into the same chip as the U also enables Samsung to really shave down the size of this laptop and make it super slim, measuring just 11.6mm thick when it's closed, while also offering a claimed battery life of up to 21 hours.
In fact, even the memory is a part of the Lunar Lake package. You also get a decent amount of RAM in this case, with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM included. On the downside, you can't upgrade it, but you can't have everything for this price, and 16GB is still enough for most people's needs.
The only downer is that you only get a 512GB SSD, which doesn't give you an enormous amount of space, but you're also unlikely to be installing loads of the latest AAA games on this machine, and 512GB is enough for working in Windows. Thankfully, you can also save $300 on the next model up as well, which gives you 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD for $1,349.99, and that's an upgrade I recommend taking if you can afford it.
To take advantage of these deals, just head to this link here to pick up the $1,049.99 model from Samsung, and this link here to grab the upgraded model with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.
For more detail about the chips used inside these Samsung laptops, check out our best budget gaming laptop guide if the Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro isn't quite right for your needs.
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