![]() There’s a Dolby Access control panel to fine-tune the sound for various sources such as music, films or games, too.Ībove the screen lies a 720p webcam, which does the job well. There’s not much bass but there’s plenty of volume and no distortion, even at maximum volume. As a rule, the speakers in cheap laptops are simply awful, but the Go’s speakers do a decent job. The Dolby Atmos sound system performs more credibly. ![]() That’s how much vitality and life the Go’s screen drained from the footage. A YouTube HDR test video of the wildlife of Costa Rica looked more like Skegness on a bleak November day, albeit with non-native flora and fauna. Looking at pictures or watching videos really is a depressing experience since everything looks dull, washed out and rather drab. We’re thinking specifically here of things such as the super-budget HP Stream 11 notebooks that are built around outdated Celeron processors with low-resolution displays and measly storage. Traditionally, cheap Windows laptops have been pretty dire. It's the latter model that Samsung sent us to test. The Galaxy Book Go will initially be available in two versions: one with 8GB of RAM for £499 and a cheaper variant with 4GB of RAM for £399. READ NEXT: The best budget laptops to buy Samsung Galaxy Book Go review: Price and competition The Galaxy Book Go is a lightweight, 14in Windows laptop with a Full HD (1,920 x 1,080) resolution display, with a choice of either 4GB or 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. ![]() Outside of the intriguing processor offering, it’s all a pretty standard affair. However, the Windows ecosystem is built around x86, so this could raise some compatibility issues if you plan on running third-party apps on the Galaxy Book Go. Traditionally, ARM chips use less juice than the usual x86 processors that power most of the world’s PCs, so there’s usually an added bonus to overall battery life. For the uninitiated, Qualcomm’s ARM chips are architecturally similar to mobile CPUs found in smartphones and tablets, including Apple’s new M1 chips. The Galaxy Book Go differs from the usual cheap Windows notebooks in that it uses a Qualcomm ARM chipset rather than the more usual Intel Celeron or – God forbid – Atom CPUs. £349.00 Buy now Samsung Galaxy Book Go review: What you need to know ![]()
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