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 two 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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later in the video 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 but 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
i o wise the ground beats out basically every other super portable with a full
sized HDMI a couple usb type a's 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 four 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 but
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 track pad is
fine so that's good and the keyboard has
a quick tactile travel that is kind of 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 alcantara wrist rest is really worth to
you ah and i guess the screen is another
factor on paper a 1920x1080 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 it's
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 grand was able to beat every
other laptop we have ever tested in our
work battery life benchmark like it's still not 21 hours but you
could actually put in a full day of like 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 journalists 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 ground it's 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 thinning
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
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