{"id":1803522,"date":"2023-02-09T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/one-samsung-galaxy-book3-pro-feature-we-love-and-one-we-hate\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T11:45:00","slug":"one-samsung-galaxy-book3-pro-feature-we-love-and-one-we-hate","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/one-samsung-galaxy-book3-pro-feature-we-love-and-one-we-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"One Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro feature we love (and one we hate)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.8 (Yoast SEO v19.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ --> <title>One Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro feature we love (and one we hate) | PCWorld<\/title>     <!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. --> <\/p>\n<p><!-- There is no amphtml version available for this URL. --><\/p>\n<p> <!-- Non AMP markup --> <\/p>\n<div id=\"page\" class=\"site\"> <a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/1504420\/one-galaxy-book3-feature-we-welcomed-and-one-we-hated.html#primary\">Skip to content<\/a> <!-- #masthead --> <main id=\"primary\" class=\"site-main\"> <\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1504420\" class=\"post-1504420 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-laptop-computers category-windows publication-pcworld publication-us-default story_types-news origin-wp\"> <!-- .entry-header --> &lt;!&#8211; <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/> &#8211;&gt; <\/p>\n<section class=\"layout--right-rail\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/one-samsung-galaxy-book3-pro-feature-we-love-and-one-we-hate.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 battery saver\" data-hero> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"credit\">Image: Mark Hachman \/ IDG<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .post-thumbnail --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"link_wrapped_content\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-bigbite-multi-title\"><\/section>\n<p>In general, <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/1499055\/samsung-galaxy-book3-pro-360-review.html\">Samsung\u2019s new Galaxy Book3 Pro 360<\/a> offers a fascinating mix of stunning hardware and software experiences that try to elevate both work and play. But deep down we found two hidden features\u2014one which we\u2019d love to see more of and another which we\u2019d be happy to never see again.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, it\u2019s not clear whether either of these features are ones that Samsung enabled or if they\u2019re simply a quiet tweak by Microsoft to push out new features we haven\u2019t seen before. Our Book3 Pro 360 review unit includes Windows 11 Home 22H2 build <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?id=111346X1569483&amp;url=https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/topic\/january-26-2023-kb5022360-os-build-22621-1194-preview-f6973dbe-bcc4-402a-8b9a-0541b0959403&amp;xcust=2-1-1504420-1-0-0&amp;sref=https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/1504420\/one-galaxy-book3-feature-we-welcomed-and-one-we-hated.html\">22621.1194<\/a> and the default configuration of my personal PC is Windows 11 Home 22H2 22621.1105. <\/p>\n<p>The feature I like most is the \u201ctime to empty\u201d gauge that accompanies the actual battery percentage on the taskbar. Knowing how much battery you have left is handy, of course, but an estimate of exactly how long you have before you need to plug in is handier still.<\/p>\n<p>This particular feature used to be more common in older versions of Windows with <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/502950\/get_a_better_battery_gauge_for_your_laptop.html\">certain utilities dating way back to Windows 7<\/a>. Windows 10 added it, then subtracted it, and it hasn\u2019t really appeared since. Certain laptop makers\u2014Lenovo comes to mind\u2014have made this part of their standard utility configuration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/one-samsung-galaxy-book3-pro-feature-we-love-and-one-we-hate.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 battery saver\" class=\"wp-image-1503190\" width=\"1200\" height=\"818\"><figcaption>This is a handy little feature I wish was more common.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"imageCredit\">Mark Hachman \/ IDG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yes, there\u2019s the question of whether the gauge itself is accurate. We didn\u2019t set out to specifically test this feature, but even if it\u2019s not accurate to the minute, it does give you some idea as to how long you\u2019ll have. Fortunately, our tests show the Book3 Pro 360 provides well over 12 hours of battery life, so you won\u2019t have to worry too much. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"and-one-we-hated\">\u2026and one we hated<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re a little less enthusiastic about a feature that showed up early in our review\u2026 and then somehow vanished later on.<\/p>\n<p>When you configure a new PC, Windows assumes you want to migrate from an older PC by offering to reproduce your old setup. It does so because Windows and OneDrive attempt to back up files from three key locations\u2014the Desktop, Photos, and Documents. It\u2019s also aware of whether or not you have a Microsoft 365 account keyed to your Windows account.<\/p>\n<p>When we review PCs, we opt for a \u201cclean\u201d PC instead\u2014just the default apps that the laptop maker provides. Otherwise, we\u2019d risk clogging up the laptop with a bunch of additional data that could slow down performance. To do so, we turn down Microsoft\u2019s request to set up the PC as an existing configuration and ask OneDrive to stop syncing with the cloud. The latter allows OneDrive to back up the laptop in question, but it also prevents OneDrive from sending down placeholder files from all of the documents and photos we\u2019ve previously backed up. Normally, this isn\u2019t a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, however, we were dismayed to find that this wasn\u2019t possible. OneDrive insisted on syncing all three locations, which happened to include a folder of storage-intensive applications that I had copied onto the desktop and immediately started backing up. When I tried to stop this behavior, Windows informed me that those folders were necessary and that I couldn\u2019t prevent syncing them. My only option was to prevent OneDrive from syncing, which it only agreed to do until I rebooted my PC\u2014when syncing would begin again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/one-samsung-galaxy-book3-pro-feature-we-love-and-one-we-hate.png\" alt=\"Microsoft OneDrive backup\" class=\"wp-image-1504489\" width=\"1200\" height=\"876\"><figcaption>This is the OneDrive settings screen, and what you should see when you try to manage your OneDrive cloud backup.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"imageCredit\">Mark Hachman \/ IDG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not only would this unwanted syncing kick off a background task I had no desire to run, but it threatened to monopolize my broadband connection. My home broadband suffers from a data cap and if I lived in a rural area, chances are that backing up multi-gigabyte files would take several hours on a slow connection.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, once I was able to install what I needed to test on the laptop, I was able to shut off OneDrive as well as isolate the laptop via its Airplane Mode. When I came back to document the \u201cfeature\u201d further\u2026 the objection disappeared? As I sat down to snap a screenshot, I determined that I could disable the automatic backup of the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders once again. Unfortunately, the folder in which all my benchmark files were located was still designated for backup, so I\u2019ve disabled OneDrive for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not quite clear whether the OneDrive sync was a glitch, a test feature, or some weird interaction between the laptop, a Windows account, or maybe Samsung\u2019s own backup services. I certainly appreciate the improved battery gauge. OneDrive\u2019s heavy hand? Not so much.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-box\" data-ga=\"article-footer-author\">\n<h3 class=\"article_author_head\"> <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/author\/mhachman\"> Author: Mark Hachman<\/a>, Senior Editor <\/h3>\n<div class=\"article_author_area\">\n<div class=\"article_author_box_bio\">\n<div class=\"img_cls\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article_authr_img\" src=\"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/one-samsung-galaxy-book3-pro-feature-we-love-and-one-we-hate-1.jpg\" height=\"125\" width=\"125\"> <\/div>\n<p>As PCWorld&#8217;s senior editor, Mark focuses on Microsoft news and chip technology, among other beats. 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