Samsung's new flagship laptop rivals the MacBook Pro, and it's not just because of the display

ZDNET's key takeaways Pre-orders for the Galaxy Book5 Pro start at $1,349. It sports a brilliant 3K touchscreen and large touchpad, plus Intel's Lunar Lake chip delivers next-gen performance. Despite the better hardware, this laptop shares some of the design flaws as its predecessor. View now at Samsung Whenever a new laptop comes out, consumers expect it to launch with several new features. But sometimes, manufacturers focus on refining a device's use case instead. That's how I felt after testing the Galaxy Book5 Pro, a computer strikingly similar to the Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 from late 2024. Like its predecessor, the laptop is a solid work machine thanks to Intel's Lunar Lake chipset, and the hardware delivers some performance improvements. But at the same time, some of my critiques from the previous model carry over to this one. Also: I tested Asus' new ultraportable laptop, and it's worth the hype. Here's why it stands out My review unit had an Intel Ultra 7 256V CPU with 16GB ... Read full article.