Samsung laptops have samsung software. Meaning there's features that link samsung phones and tablets to their laptops. These programs are limited to only work on samsung laptops.
It'll run windows like any other laptop. It's just extra samsung features they add that make it fancy. Like the features in the attached image. Most of them can link with samsung laptops.
Besides the software, they're just premium laptops.
For laptop vs tablet, depends what you want to do. A laptop would run windows where a tablet runs android. If you just do browser of video things, a tablet might be a better option. If you do computer things, the laptop might be better