ASUS Vivobook 15 (2024) vs Samsung Galaxy Book4 15.6"

The Galaxy Book4 is the better pick for most shoppers. It doubles the memory to 16 GB, adds Ethernet, and Samsung rates battery life far higher than ASUS does. The Vivobook 15 is the budget choice: it has a touchscreen, a fingerprint reader, and a backlit keyboard, and its hinge folds flat. Owners of both lines praise light weight and a no-glare screen, but the Vivobook's 8 GB of onboard RAM is soldered and cannot be upgraded past 24 GB, so heavy multitasking hits a wall sooner.

• Choose the ASUS Vivobook 15 if you want a touchscreen and backlit keyboard on a light 15.6-inch laptop and your work is web browsing, documents and streaming.
• Choose the Samsung Galaxy Book4 if you multitask with many browser tabs and apps, want a wired Ethernet port, and value long battery life over a touchscreen.