Samsung Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha 13.3" 400nits $799 w/ student discount Bestbuy

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Shows a link for me, second line. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sams...Id=6457788

This is a pretty good deal. (i5)

Note that the price at Samsung.com is likely less: https://www.samsung.com/us/comput...qda-ka1us/ [samsung.com]

I see $719 for the i7 with no trade in and with Samsung Employee pricing. My guess is that .edu would be about $750. And don't forget cashback from a site of your choosing (~5% = $37.50).

I bought this a couple of weeks ago and am very happy with it. There are two areas that may irk some people that have been discussed to death here... The USB-C port cannot be used for charging, and there is mention of an "Active Pen (not included)" but no specifics. For the charging issue there is an $8 adapter on Amazon [amazon.com] that essentially annuls that, and basically any active pen (with battery) that works with later model Surface screens should work (example [amazon.com]). The Wacom Bamboo Ink 2 works too.

My own personal irk with it is that Samsung have published almost no specs for this computer. It's hard to figure out exactly what the USB-C port can do, and there is precious little info on expansion capabilities. From what I have gathered, the RAM is soldered and cannot be upgraded, but the storage is removable and can. It's pretty easy to open: there is one screw under each rubber foot and that's it. In the box with the notebook there is only a user pamphlet that is short and useless. You can download a larger manual from Samsung but it's not much more use... at least in figuring out the unit's capabilities. I think the main problem is that these laptops can differ significantly based on where they are sold so Samsung avoid publishing any information on the hardware specs.

GO to best buy and look at it. It was the best screen by far in the place at any price range https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima...ilies/wink.gif I am getting older and need a 15 + screen or I would have kept this. 5 seconds from the start button and it was up and running. If you don't game and don't need 16gb of ram, the $599 version is a steal. PS> the student discount is as easy as it gest!!

I too prefer large laptop screens. I don't really have a need for smaller and slimmer - I just don't have a choice a lot of times because that's what companies think we all want.