Samsung is getting in on the MacBook Neo competition.

Samsung announced a new Galaxy Book6 laptop at IFA. It’s a 14-inch notebook with Intel Wildcat Lake processors, starting with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. And it’ll start at $799. Sound a little familiar? It’s got more ports than the Neo and a much higher watt-hour battery. But, oddly, Samsung omitted the keyboard’s backlight just as Apple did. Not my top choice of things to copy, but okay. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Samsung-Mobile-The-new-Galaxy-Book6-Galaxy-Book6-LIneup-Galaxy-AI_main3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Samsung-Mobile-The-new-Galaxy-Book6-Galaxy-Book6-LIneup-Galaxy-AI_main1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Samsung-Mobile-The-new-Galaxy-Book6-Galaxy-Book6-LIneup-Galaxy-AI_main5.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Samsung-Mobile-The-new-Galaxy-Book6-Galaxy-Book6-LIneup-Galaxy-AI_main2-1024x576-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]