Faisal Ghaffar 
What you should know?
The Galaxy Book Go is distinguished from other low-cost Windows notebooks by its use of a Qualcomm ARM graphics card as opposed to the more common Intel Celeron or – God forbid – Atom CPUs. Qualcomm’s ARM chips, for the uninitiated, are architectonic comparable to portable CPUs discovered in handsets and tablets, such as Apple’s new M1 chips.
ARM chips typically use less electricity than the x86 that power the vast bulk of the world’s PCs, so there is generally an added benefit to as a whole battery capacity. However, because the Windows environment is based on x86, there may be some compatibility problems if users intend to run 3rd applications on the Galaxy Book Go.
Price and Competition
The Galaxy Book Go will be available in two variants at first: one with 8GB of RAM for £499 and another with 4GB of RAM for £399. Samsung sent us the latter model to test.
Historically, low-cost Windows laptops have indeed been subpar. We’re specifically thinking of the low-cost HP Stream 11 notepads, which are built all over outmoded Celeron processors and have reduced displays and meager flash memory.
The Surface Go 2 starts at £399, though it is more of a 10.5in a tablet than a laptop, and the entry-level model just has a dual-core Pentium 4425Y chip as well as 64GB of memory.
Design and construction quality
Until recently, a 14-inch laptop weighing only 1.38kg would have been considered an outlier, but changes have occurred. Samsung’s 15.6in Galaxy Book Pro needs to weigh only 1.05kg, while Apple’s M1 MacBook Air weighs only 1.29kg.
Although both of these machines are more expensive, 1.38kg remains nothing to get excited about. Neither is the size: 324 x 225 x 14.9mm is adequate for a 14in laptop but hardly revolutionary.
The Galaxy Book Go is made entirely of plastic, but it feels sturdy, and the Mystic Silver color palette makes it appear more costly than it is. It should last for a long time, too, because it meets the US Military Standard (MIL-STD-810G) for resistance to high and cold temperatures, thermal stress, acoustic noise, vacuum flow, and moisture content.
What’s more Interesting?
The lid opens to 180 degrees, which is useful if you want to use it on one’s lap while slouching on the sofa, but the lack of a touch interface boundaries it’s flexibility. The size of the screen’s rounded edges is the one design element that really does represent the Go’s low price. The amount of cheap black plastic you’re confronted with at – 13mm on top, 24mm on the bottom, and 6mm on the sides – gives away the game’s design.
The keyboard, on the other hand, has no cheap feel to it: it’s solid and spacious, with nicely dulled keys. The trackpad is meaningfully large at 120 x 75mm and works reliably, however, the corner button feels as well as sounds undamped.
