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7 months with my Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Ultra (i7 model): a mini review and what you should know before buying one

 The Good: -lightweight (less than 4 pounds) -decent to good performance for beginner/intermediate level content creation tasks (I don't really game so I can't comment on that) -a color-precise screen -the build feels premium, if a bit dull  -generous education offer The Bad: -horrifying trackpad issues only recently fixed by a software update (from Samsung). Before that fix, this trackpad would die after an hour or two and then stayed dead until a semi-major Window or Samsung update. Impossible to do anything until that December software update -unusable in any outdoor area because the screen is too reflective. Today is a cloudy day and on this rooftop garden, I have to set the brightness over 65% to read anything on my screen. Any brightness below that and the screen is only a mirror -battery is relatively short: 8 hrs is usually what I could get in 1 charge without using the GPU (this is already the less-power-hungry i7 model and I have optimised my battery consumption by r...