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so the problem with laptops is that there's always this

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up to bullcrap next to the advertised battery life on the product page

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what does up two even mean

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well from our experience it means a lot less than this fantasy number right here

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and while there are laptops out there with great battery life the problem is

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most of them are macbooks so if you want

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one you're gonna need to grab your wallet and

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go to the bank to apply for a small loan

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at least that used to be the case meet the lg gram 2018 the reasonably

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affordable ultra portable laptop with the best battery life we've ever seen

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fortnite battle royale is the free 100

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player pvp mode in fortnite it features a giant map destructible environments

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and more check it out at the link below and stay tuned for more information

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later in the video if we're being honest the gram

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isn't the most beautiful device on the market

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in no particular order here are three sexier laptops

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but it's not but ugly either the magnesium

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chassis makes the gram rigid while helping it maintain its surprising

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lightness and its simple clean design is complemented by its thin bezels

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i o wise the ground beats out basically every other super portable with a full

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sized HDMI a couple usb type a's and

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finally Thunderbolt at least on certain

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configurations of the 15-inch model so

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that last one is only a half victory but it's still a step in the right direction

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and the internals don't disappoint either with four cores on both the core

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i5 and core i7 models it'll chew through

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productivity tasks like chrome office

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and even light video and photo editing

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like you wouldn't believe like frankly these 8th gen Intel chips have been such

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a game changer in thin and lights that it has become very hard to recommend any

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products that haven't been updated yet like the surface laptop as of right now

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and the gram manages more than just short bursty performance too

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avoiding thermal throttling even during our extended stress tests

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i mean we're not saying you should complete your engineering degree on it but

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if you've got a configuration with Thunderbolt 3 it'll actually turbo up

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nicely in games for a pretty solid experience

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provided you're willing to invest in an external GPU

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with that said if you're looking to game the lg gram won't be your first option a

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lot more power can be had by adding a little bit of back strain the gram is at

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its best when it's used for on-the-go productivity the track pad is

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fine so that's good and the keyboard has

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a quick tactile travel that is kind of clicky and actually pretty satisfying

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it's not the best we've seen on a laptop the surface laptop is currently the

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leader in this category but the 13-inch model especially is in the same ballpark

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thanks to its stiffer chassis so at the end of the day it really comes down to

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how much an alcantara wrist rest is really worth to

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you ah and i guess the screen is another

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factor on paper a 1920x1080 touchscreen

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feels pretty 2015 falling well behind

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the pixel density of competing models but hold on a minute

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at 13 inches 1080p

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is the same pixel density that would get sold to you as

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super high resolution 4k 9000 on a 27

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inch desktop monitor is it not

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so do we really sit that much closer to our laptops

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i'm actually with lg on this one i can't complain about the gram 2018 screen it's

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ips panel looks great with deep blacks and just enough brightness to make

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outside use possible and the new webcam placement means that my only criticism

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of it is the kind of soft picture rather than the kind of soft picture and the

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view of my nose hairs like like right up there on the old one the

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last unfortunate disadvantage of the gram is its lack of Windows hello facial

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recognition however the new fingerprint reader location inside the power button

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makes unlocking much quicker than typing in a password it's actually really

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natural to use now then we're done with the underwhelming stuff so let's talk really

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good stuff starting with the battery life thanks to its 72 watt hour battery

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which is more than most gaming laptops the 13-inch grand was able to beat every

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other laptop we have ever tested in our

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work battery life benchmark like it's still not 21 hours but you

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could actually put in a full day of like real work on it and still have battery

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life left over to watch a movie on the bus on the way home

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and this freedom to be completely untethered from wall outlets is going to

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be huge for many people from the student that can now get a good seat in the

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library to the journalists that can be on location all day without worrying now

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the 15 inch model still has above average battery life just over seven and

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a half hours it's just not as impressive as the 13.

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also somehow lg managed to do all of this while maintaining easy

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upgradability of the RAM and the storage

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leading us to the most compelling aspect of the ground it's price

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when compared with the you know 4.99 special at the local best buy

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yeah starting at eleven to twelve hundred dollars

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depending whether you want a touchscreen is a lot but compared to other premium thinning

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lights it's great bang for the buck

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so in summary it might not be the prettiest the most powerful

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or the highest resolution laptop out there but it's lightweight the keyboard

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rocks and it's got killer battery life if i was shelling out my hard-earned

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cash for an ultrabook today the gram would be getting those dollars

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fortnite battle royale is now free to play on pc mac playstation 4 and xbox

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one it's a 100 player pvp game mode where you drop in loot fight and

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hopefully end up being the last one standing to win it features fully

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destructible environments and buildable structures and you can currently play by

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yourself or with your friends in duos or squads best of all did i mention that it

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is free because it's free check it out now at the link in the video description

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