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It's a shame to me that LG's gram didn't catch on more (or come with an option for more RAM). It's everything I wanted from the one Dell XPS 13 that I previous
by zdragnar 4y ago
It's a shame to me that LG's gram didn't catch on more (or come with an option for more RAM).
It's everything I wanted from the one Dell XPS 13 that I previously owned and more, with the exception of speakers that are unsuited to quality music.
The battery life is fantastic, it's light weight, thin, larger screen (I ended up hating 13 inches). It's absolutely cool under pressure- just as fast as my last MBP at compiling code, but it doesn't sound like a helicopter is going to take off (tbh I forget if it even has fans, but if it does I've never heard them).
I went through the trouble of booting / windows and grabbing the latest firmware updates before installing linux, but literally everything Just Works. Close the laptop lid and there's practically zero battery drain overnight.
If games are your thing, you're more or less stuck at casual gaming, but it's easily become the favorite laptop that I've owned across HP, Dell, Apple, Acer and Toshiba.
The only downside I can think of is that people other than me tend to hate 10+ keyboards, but I'm used to it and it doesn't bother my wrists at all (plus I get a number pad for quick entry!)
- tomComb 4y agoIt really does sound great, but for some reason I just really hate keyboards with a numpad, so that was a dealbreaker for me. Silly perhaps, but but then again keyboard really is very important.
- static_motion 4y agoThe Gram always seemed very interesting to me, until I touched one at a store. I was baffled by how flimsy it felt. Picking it up while opened prompts it to bend and warp far more than I'm comfortable with. I guess rigidity must be sacrificed in the name of lightness, but I could never own a computer that felt like it'd fall apart inside a backpack sleeve.
- zdragnar 4y agoI've accidentally dropped mine a few times, and my German shepherd has walked on it once or twice. Thankfully, and perhaps by the grace of the patron saint of clumsy fools, it still appears to be in near mint condition.
- zeppelin101 4y agoI absolutely loved the LG Gram 17 (2021) but I had to return it for one reason - the screen was way too glossy. I simply couldn't use it anywhere outside my home (where I'm able to set up lighting in an optional way), which kind of defeats the purpose of having such a lightweight laptop. I've used other laptops with glossy displays and I don't recall it being such issue. Maybe the max brightness was too low to compensate for the very high reflectivity of the glossy display? In all other respects, I thought the laptop was excellent and truly a standout.
- jokowueu 4y agoIf I'm not mistaken the new 2022 gram comes with up to 32gigs of LPDDR5 now
- zdragnar 4y agoMaaaaan it's not worth dropping more money for new hardware considering that I got mine so recently, but it sure would be nice. 16 gigs goes by quick when you've got bloated tools and compilers.