Price $1,700 Company LG Web http://www.lg.com Release UK – TBCLG gram 17 laptop
LEAN MACHINE We find out where LG’s super-thin, super-lightweight
laptop excels, and what compromises have been made along the wayhe LG gram 17 achieves a
technical feat that’s so far
eluded most laptop
manufacturers. The device
is ultra-lightweight and has a slim
design, yet is adept at running
demanding creative software. It’s
available in four screen sizes, ranging
from 13.3-inch to the largest 17-inch
version we’re reviewing here, which
only weighs 1.34kg. Indeed, it’s
touted by LG as being the world’s
lightest 17-inch laptop.
Shaped in the familiar wedge that
was popularised by the MacBook Air,
the LG gram 17 measures just 1.7cmT
The lightweight LG
gram 17 comes with
enough power to run
complex creative tasks.thick. This combination of thin design
and minimal weight makes it fantastic
for working when on the move.
Despite its large physical size, it can be
lifted with one hand and passed
around like a tablet. Previously, 17-inch
laptops have been the very opposite of
portable! It won’t add much weight to
hand luggage and comes with a
compact charger, too.COMPACT COMPONENTS
The gram 17 achieves this feat of
extreme weight reduction through the
use of a carbon and magnesium alloy
for the chassis, and ultra-compactcomponents. Inside the 17-inch LG
gram is a low-power (15 watt) quad-
core Intel Core i7-8565U CPU that runs
at 1.8GHz under normal operating
conditions, but leaps to 4.6GHz when
running complex processing tasks,
such as exporting video.
Elsewhere, there’s a 512GB solid-
state drive and 16GB of memory – a
specification that will be more than
enough for the majority of creative
professionals. It’s up to the job of
processing RAW images, carrying out
multi-layered Photoshop work, editing
HD video and crunching through the
most demanding filter effects.Reviews