So the problem with laptops is that there's always this "up to"
Bullcrap next to the advertised battery life on the product page
What does "up to"
even mean?
Well from our experience it means a lot less than this fantasy number right here
And while there are laptops out there with great battery life, the problem is most of them are MacBooks
so if you want one you're gonna need to grab your wallet,
and go to the bank to apply for a small loan.
At least that used to be the case.
Meet the LG Gram 2018,
the reasonably affordable ultra portable laptop with the best battery life we've ever seen.
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If we're being honest the gram
isn't the most beautiful
device on the market.
In no particular order, here are three sexier laptops.
But it's not butt ugly either. The magnesium chassis makes the gram rigid while helping it maintain its
surprising lightness, and its simple clean design is complemented by its thin bezels.
IO-wise the Gram beats out basically every other
super portable, with a full-sized HDMI, a couple USB Type-A, and
finally Thunderbolt, at least on certain configurations of the 15-inch model, so that last one is only a half victory,
but it's still a step in the right direction.
And the internals don't disappoint either, with 4 cores on both the core i5 and core i7 models,
it'll chew through productivity tasks like Chrome,
Office and even light video and photo editing like you wouldn't believe, like frankly,
these 8th gen Intel chips have been such a game-changer in thin and lights
that it has become very hard to recommend
any products that haven't been updated yet, like the Surface laptop as of right now.
And the Gram manages more than just short bursty performance too,
avoiding thermal throttling even during our extended stress tests.
I mean we're not saying you should complete your engineering degree on it,
b ut if you've got a configuration with Thunderbolt 3 it'll actually turbo up nicely in games for a pretty solid experience,
provided you're willing to invest in an external GPU.
With that said if you're looking to game the LG Gram won't be your first option.
A lot more power can be had by adding a little bit of back strain.
The Gram is at its best when it's used for on-the-go productivity.
The trackpad is fine, so that's good, and the keyboard has a quick tactile travel
that is kinda clicky and actually pretty satisfying.
It's not the best we've seen on a laptop; the Surface laptop is currently the leader in this category,
but the 13-inch model especially is in the same ballpark, thanks to its stiffer chassis.
So at the end of the day, it really comes down to how much
an Alcántara wristrest is really worth to you
And I guess the screen is another factor. On paper, a 1920 by 1080 touchscreen feels pretty 2015,
falling well behind the pixel density of competing models
But, hold on a minute.
At 13 inches, 1080p is the same pixel density that would get sold to you as
super-high resolution 4K 9000 on a 27-inch desktop monitor is it not?
So do we really sit that much closer to our laptops? I'm actually with LG on this one.
I can't complain about the gram 2018 screen
Its IPS panel looks great with deep blacks and just enough brightness to make outside use possible,
and the new webcam placement means that my only criticism of it is the kind of soft picture,
rather than the kind of soft picture and the view of my nose hairs like, like right up there on the old one.
The last unfortunate disadvantage of the Gram is its lack of Windows Hello facial recognition.
However, the new fingerprint reader location inside the power button makes unlocking much quicker than typing in a password,
it's actually really natural to use. Now then, we're done with the underwhelming stuff,
so let's talk really good stuff, starting with the battery life.
Thanks to its 72-watt-hour battery, which is more than most gaming laptops, the 13-inch Gram was able to beat
every other laptop we have ever tested in our work battery life benchmarking
Like it's still not 21 hours,
but you could actually put in a full day of real work on it,
and still have battery life left over to watch a movie on the bus on the way home.
And this freedom to be completely untethered from wall outlets is going to be huge for many people,
from the student that can now get a good seat in the library,
to the journalist that can be on location all day without worrying
Now the 15-inch model still has above-average battery life, just over seven and a half hours, it's just not as impressive as the 13.
Also, somehow LG managed to do all of this while maintaining easy upgradability of the RAM and the storage,
leading us to the most compelling aspect of the Gram: its price. When compared with the, you know, $4.99 special at the local Best Buy...
Yeah, starting at eleven to twelve hundred dollars depending whether you want a touchscreen is a lot.
But, compared to other premium thin and lights, it's great bang for the buck.
So in summary: it might not be the prettiest, the most powerful, or the highest resolution laptop out there,
but it's lightweight, the keyboard rocks,
and it's got killer battery life.
If I was shelling out my hard-earned cash for an ultrabook today, the Gram would be getting those dollars.
Fortnight Battle Royale is now free to play on PC, Mac,
PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It's a 100 player PvP game mode
where you drop in loot fight, and hopefully end up being the last one standing to win.
It features fully destructible environments and buildable structures,
and you can currently play by yourself or with your friends in duos or squads. Best of all did I mention that it is free?
Because it's free. Check it out now at the link in the video description.
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