The Dell Inspirion 7567 has a great keyboard, crisp monitor, and fast touchpad. However, it doesn’t have the best performance for long-term intensive workloads like video editing or AAA gaming. ..
Our LG Gram 17 has a 512GB hard drive, an Intel Core i5-1155G7 processor, integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics, and 8GB of memory. Additionally, the laptop can be set up with a Core i3-1115G4, i5-1135G7, or i7-1165G7 CPU. As long as there aren’t too many processes running at once or there aren’t many programmes that use multiple threads, the Core i3 can handle the majority of typical productivity activities. Otherwise, a Core i5 or i7 is preferable because they have twice as many cores and threads and would perform more smoothly. ..
Design
The LG Gram 17 (17z90p) is a powerful laptop that is surprisingly light and flat. ..
The Gadget This gadget is small and light, but its display is stunning. Opening it with one hand is not something you’d anticipate, but that was pleasingly feasible for us as long as we lifted from the dead Centre. When that happens, a stunning screen is displayed to you. Its mix of size and a colorful, high-resolution display truly made you say, “Wow.”
The keyboard is not end-to-end below that; in fact, it only occupies around 36% (10.5 x 34 cm) of the total space (26 x 38cm). However, it is backlit and full size. The keys have single letters printed in distinct block capitals and are large, evenly spaced, and easy to see. There is also a number pad. Additionally, the power button has a fingerprint scanner that performed well in use. The keys’ flat surfaces and 1.65mm of key travel result in a pleasing tactile click. Additionally, they operate quite quietly, which was a pleasant surprise. The arrow keys are a little too narrow and not really designed for gaming, which is our main complaint.
The new touchpad on the Lenovo Legion Y530 is a great addition to the laptop. It measures 8x13 cm and provides a pleasing click. Additionally, it has been scaled down from the previous version’s 16:9 ratio to 16:10, which translates to 11% greater surface area. This makes moving your cursor around the huge screen much more smooth and causes less hand fatigue.
Keyboard and touchpad
The LG Gram 17’s huge size provides it with enough of room for a complete keyboard with a number pad and a sizable touch pad. However, LG could have placed these much more effectively. To fit the trackpad with nearly an extra inch of buffer space on either end of the trackpad, the keyboard is so far up the base that typing on it requires a significant reach. Our forearms end up resting on the edge of the laptop rather than comfortably resting our palms there, which rapidly gets uncomfortable.
This keyboard is not as comfortable to type on as I would have liked. The key switches are noticeable and the travel is 1.6mm, which makes it difficult to type quickly. The white backlighting is helpful in low light, but the legend for the secondary uses of the keys is not illuminated.
The LG touchpad is a great addition to any LG device. It has plenty of room for multi-finger movements, scrolling, tapping, and swiping. We have enough room to spread out and can easily fit four fingers on the touchpad. Although we saw many instances where it seems to be confused with two-finger scrolling, since it seems to register as a swipe and merely moves the cursor rather than scrolling, most of the time it functions without any problems.
LG Gram 17 review: Display
The LG Gram 17 (17Z90Q) has a beautiful 17-inch WQXGA (2,560 x 1,600 pixels) display with tiny bezels that give the impression that the screen is much larger than it actually is. You won’t have any trouble using this Gram on the go because it isn’t a touchscreen and the colors seem accurate. While the 350 nits of brightness listed by LG for this display are respectable for an ultraportable, they fall short of that of devices like the Dell XPS 17 (504 nits), the MacBook Air M2 (489 nits), or even the Dell XPS 15 OLED (382 nits).
The LG Gram 17 is a very good laptop for color reproduction. It has a Delta-E score of 0.25, which means that it can achieve 172.1% of the sRGB color spectrum and 122.3% of the DCI-P3 color gamut (100% is the most accurate). Compared to two other recently introduced 17-inch 4K laptops, the LG Gram 17 offers higher color saturation than the Dell XPS 17 (120% sRGB/85.1% DCI-P3) and the Alienware m17 R5 (107.5% sRGB/76.2% DCI-P3).
Audio
The LG Gram 17 has two 1.5W stereo speakers that produce decent sound from the bottom and back of the laptop. We were impressed by how loud the Gram is when we turned the volume up to its maximum, but the high end distortion and tinny sound make it something you’ll only want to do if there’s a neighbor you want to scare away. ..
The speakers on the Gram are terrible. The volume is too high, and the bass is nonexistent. The vocals came through loud and clear when we played LL Cool J’s “Going Back to Cali,” but the percussion hits sounded like a buzzer going off.
LG Gram 17 review: Graphics
The Galaxy Book Pro’s integrated Iris Xe graphics were not as impressive as the company’s other devices. We were not able to achieve a 30-fps threshold with the device, which could only sustain 24 frames per second. This is not a video game console. Using the same Intel Iris Xe graphics, the Galaxy Book Pro ran the same game at a faster speed.
The Gram 17 got a score of 4,733 on the 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark, which is just higher than the 4,728 average for premium laptops. The Galaxy Book Pro scored substantially better, 5,575. The XPS 17 earned a significantly higher 11,801 thanks to its discrete Nvidia RTX 2060 Max-Q GPU. ..
Performance
The LG Gram 17 (2022) is a great laptop for people who need a large screen to do their everyday tasks. It handled my habit of opening many tabs and windows without any problems. The laptop also has 16GB of RAM which helps it run smoothly. ..
The LG Gram 17 is a quick and lightweight laptop that performed well in our tests. Its CPU is mid-range, but it scored well in Geekbench 5.4. ..
The Dell XPS 17 we just reviewed has a powerful Intel Core i7-12700H CPU inside it that performs better in the Geekbench 5.4 multi-core CPU test than the less powerful Intel Core i7-6100H CPU inside the same device.
The LG Gram 17 is a laptop that is thin and light. It has a Core i7-1260P CPU and a 1TB NVMe SSD. It is fast and can process 25GB of multimedia files.
LG Gram 17 review: Battery life and heat
The LG Gram 17’s battery life is impressive, easily lasting for an entire work or school day without needing to be plugged in.
The laptop is also fantastic for video. The battery lasted an astounding 12 hours and two minutes before needing to be recharged when we looped a 1080p video at 50% brightness. Once more, mileage will depend on how many processes are operating in the background. The LG Gram 17’s exceptional battery life will enable you to keep yourself entertained with movies and shows for a considerable amount of time if you’re on the go. ..
The LG Gram 17 is incredibly quick to charge with its USB-C connections, and it stayed comfortable even at high temperatures. ..
Configuration options
The LG Gram 17 is a powerful laptop that costs more than other models from the LG Gram series. The LG Gram 17 model from last year costs $1,749 / £1,549. That laptop used Intel CPUs from the 10th generation, so the price difference you pay for the LG Gram 17 goes toward the additional processing power offered by the Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU. ..
There are many LG Gram 17 configurations available. A 512GB SSD configuration is available for $1,749/£1,549/AU$2,999, which is a little less expensive. It may be better for you if you don’t work with files with enormous sizes to use this model, which is the only one available to Australians. It’s difficult to recommend the laptop at that price with such a limited amount of capacity, unless you’re intending on augmenting it with external storage devices. One LG Gram 17 option has a 256GB SSD, which costs even less at $1,699 / £1,499
The LG Gram 16 is a more cost-effective and small choice than the LG Gram. The LG Gram 16 offers the same 2.8GHz Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor, 2,560 x 1,600 resolution, and 1TB SSD for $1,299/£1,249/AU$2,799 as the LG Gram (512GB in AU). If the reduced screen size is not a concern for you, it is a substantial savings. ..
Conclusion
The LG Gram 17 is the perfect laptop for anyone who wants a big screen and a great keyboard. It has a 17-inch screen, a complete keyboard, and performance that just won’t quit. The battery life is also great, lasting up to 20 hours while still being the lightest 17-inch laptop you can buy. Plus, with the addition of a 1080p webcam, this laptop becomes even more amazing!
The Gram keyboard is a durable and lightweight keyboard that can be challenging to get used to. For instance, the one function key is too distant from the most important function row buttons, making it difficult to adjust the volume with one hand, and the num lock is too easy to unintentionally click because it is directly close to backspace.
