samsung notebook 9 Pro (15.6-Inch 2018)

Uses S-Pen to great effect ; Long battery life ; Excellent look and feel ; Fast charging

Inconsistent battery life ; Downward-firing speakers

Worthy of our Editor’s Choice Award, the Samsung Notebook 9 Pro is an economically-configured, stylish all-metal laptop sporting the company’s latest touchscreen and stylus technology to great effect.

A great set of features for a reasonable price. The included stylus fits into a handy custom slot on the body, and its basic graphics card can handle light gaming.

It's heavier than many other 15-inch laptops, the body can get hot and the power button is awkwardly placed. Battery life and audio are both underwhelming.

The Samsung Notebook 9 Pro has a few design quirks, but is packed with features for a surprisingly modest price.

The Samsung Notebook 9 is one of the lightest 15-inch notebooks available. It has excellent battery life as well as fast charging and can be charged via its USB Type-C port. Add a discrete graphics, spill-resistant backlit keyboard and a smooth glass...

If you're concerned with looks, this one is uninteresting. The screen moves a touch too freely. There's no touchscreen option and although its graphics are boosted above the norm, the overall performance is nothing special.

It might look like a simple laptop, but Samsung's lightweight 15-inch Notebook 9 has several features that help it stand out from its ultraportable competition.

Solid ; Decent value

Jack of all trades but master of none

Overall, the Samsung Notebook 9 Pro’s design seems like a compromise—perhaps a little too much so. It basically does everything well, but doesn’t truly excel at any one thing. The end result is that this laptop fails to stand out as the 15-incher to...

Samsung’s Notebook 9 Pro is comforting. Its formal, elegant design, pleasing keyboard, and strong processor make for a system that’s immediately likable, and one that crosses genres. The system is as at home on your couch as in the boardroom, and it...

S-Pen support lets you write and draw with ease ; Long battery life ; Good performance

Speaker volume is weak

Samsung’s Notebook 9 Pro does a very good job of balancing performance and features with battery life. It’s the kind of laptop a mainstream user can get without feeling they’ve compromised much. The discrete GPU, while modest, gives it a notable boost...

Bright touch screen. Built-in S Pen storage. IR Camera for Windows Hello. 14 hours of battery life.

No 4K screen option. Bulky in tablet mode. No Thunderbolt 3. Smaller SSD than rivals. Slippery keys.

Bottom Line: The Samsung Notebook 9 Pro has a nice price compared with competitors, but a 15-inch 2-in-1 with a multimode hinge isn't as easy to grasp as smaller alternatives.

Bright, crisp display despite being just 1080p ; Great specs for the price ; Microsoft Precision touchpad is a sight for sore eyes ; The S Pen!

Some of Samsung’s software tricks work… some don’t ; Aesthetically lackluster ; Weird power button placement ; Only average battery life

The added utility of a pen in a laptop doesn’t make using it worlds better, but in the case of the Notebook 9 Pro, it doesn’t take away from it either.