Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “The Lightest Laptop got even Better! – LG gram 2018”.
This is the new gram from LG it’s one of the lightest, most powerful laptops on the market and, if you’re an avid watcher of the channel, then you already know that I reviewed the gram lineup highly in the past and spoiler alert. This new model improves on some of the shortcomings I noted in my previous videos, but is it worth it? Let’S jump right into the review, so the 15-inch model I have here – features an eighth gen Intel, processor, 16, gigs of DDR 4 RAM and a total of one terabyte m2 storage, with a 1080p touchscreen IPS display with the retail price of $ 2,000. It’S definitely aiming for a certain group of individuals. However, they do have other models starting at just $ 1100. The build is comprised of magnesium alloy, the same material as last year’s model, but it does feel sturdier around the keyboard and trackpad area. The display does have a good amount of flex, which is to be expected, with the gram being so thin and algae likes to flex on their website by showcasing the 7 industry test that the laptops have passed and have to admit it’s pretty impressive. The gram is tested against shock pressure, extreme low and high temperatures, and the list goes on to boil the numbers down. I feel confident throwing this in a bag and going on with my day, something that is surprisingly hard to find in any laptop that shares similar dimensions. Connectivity is an area that has been improved when compared to last gen, it’s mostly the same, but they did give us an extra USB 3.0 port up from 2. From last year’s, we also got a single HDMI port Kingston, Lock, an audio jack and a micro SD card slots, but this year the USB C port is also Thunderbolt compatible. Finally, it works great with higher resolution monitors, but I see that they’re both really coming into play is when you want to attach an external graphics card. It makes the laptop the perfect solution for me when I’m on the road, and I still want to edit videos and even put on a few games. Another area of improvement is the battery life.
They’Ve increased the battery size from 60 watt hour to 72 watt hour, which gave me a considerably higher score and the see mark workbench when compared to the last year’s model. My typical day with the grammar will start at 9 a.m. and consists of a lot of emails where documents, media consumption and web browsing at the end of the day, around 9 p.m. is when I would usually run out of juice.
The screen is the same as last years, but that’s not to say it’s bad. It still gets bright at around 390 minutes, which I also found was good enough to use outdoors. It also has great viewing angles with no noticeable color shift or banding. The display is also touchscreen, which is a great addition.
The touch screen feature is really nice and I still prefer it over the trackpad because of its accuracy. I find myself using that a lot more when scrolling through my Twitter timeline and long pages. The 1080p resolution is nothing mind-blowing, but for the 15-inch panel it’s plenty sharp and when it’s moderately vibrant colors, I found it great for enjoying content. But I wouldn’t rely on this, for any professional photo work unless you calibrate it, the camera gets you 720p recording at 30fps and finally, LG has moved the camera from the bottom to the top of the screen, and because of this, you get a normal viewing angle Compared to what I like to call the up the nose angle from last year’s grab, unfortunately, though, the speaker’s take away from the whole media consumption aspect as they are located on the bottom and they’re firing downwards.
I’M guessing they went with this design because of the constraints due to how thin and light the laptop is. But, unfortunately, the end result is subpar audio quality, its tinny and doesn’t have much of a sound profile. It does get reasonably loud, but again it’s impacted by the surface. So if the laptop is laying on anything that isn’t a flat surface, for example like a carpet, then the sound that just gets more muffled.
However, the headphone jack does have DTS, which stands for digital theater system, and it sounds so much better when listening through headphones. It’S really a must when you’re, using a laptop in noisy environments or if you just want better sound quality. The keyboard is mostly the same as far as I can tell it’s still backlit, which is great. The keys are spaced out evenly for comfort and there’s very travela stands with great feedback.
There was also a numpad cramped to the side which, as they must have for me, I don’t care how cramped or tiny the numbers are. As long as there’s a numpad on the laptop. I am happy now.
The trackpad uses Windows, precision drivers, so it’s very accurate. One thing they did add is the fingerprint reader that’s located underneath the power button, which I absolutely love, logging in, has been a breeze and it’s very accurate as well. I think it didn’t recognize my finger just once out of the entire time I’ve been using it this past week and finally, let’s get into the performance given the size of the machine. I was surprised it was able to run games at 1080p at decent frames. I did have to use low settings, but still for something this small, it’s impressive. Lowering the resolution down to 720p made the games more enjoyable with higher frames, but with that said, this laptops main purpose should not be for gaming. We’Ve also included Premiere Pro rendering test, and here, if you guys plan on doing light, video production, we rendered out a 1 minute and 5 minute 1080p files for your reference in case you want to compare them to your current laptop or PC the fans.
Rarely kick up and when they do, you can barely hear them. Lg owes in a fine job on the cooling solution for the Graham lineup. The LG Graham has a lot of things going for it. It’S thin and light all while packing in some decent performance and a full day battery life. But with that said, the price is a little steep for what you are getting, especially if you get the max that one that I have in the video for $ 2000. If you don’t plan on using the touchscreen or don’t care about the fingerprint reader, then there are more affordable options, starting at just eleven hundred dollars and honestly, that would be my personal recommendation for anyone.
Looking for a powerful, thin laptop with incredible battery life, LG is currently running a campaign where you can enter it for a chance to take home a 13-inch, lg gram or a $ 50 Amazon gift card, and all you guys have to do is participate on any Of their social media channels, you can increase your chances of winning by participating in all three, but the choice is yours: I’ll drop a link to their socials down below, as well as a link to the laptop. If you guys want to check it out. Thank you. So much for watching and I’ll see you in the next one.
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