Here’s what we got in terms of battery life, with the screen’s brightness set at around 120 nits (~60 brightness). The LG Gram 16 gets a basic thermal module with a single fan and a short heatpipe, just like all the other Gram notebooks.

However, somehow this Gram 16 felt a bit flimsier than the Gram 17, as I noticed some creaks and pops coming from the underbelly panel during my time with it. In comparison, the same part felt a bit sturdier on the Gram 17, but on closer inspection, they’re both the same kind of thin magnesium alloy and the differences are probably within the margin of error for these two designs. It also supports IR with Hello and is flanked by some decent microphones. Be careful that the camera might be disabled by default, and you’ll need to press Fn + F4 to deactivate Secure Mode for it to work (or enable it in the control app). Battery life There’s a high-resolution 17-inch 16:10 screen on the LG Gram 17, with averagely sized bezels all around and a solid-quality IPS matte panel on this 2022 model. Various discounts might apply at the time you’re reading the article, so follow this link for updated prices and configurations in your region. Final thoughts- LG Gram 17

16:10 Premium Display

And what is the target audience on the planet for the Gram 17 series – from your point of view, as an expert? On the regular Gram 17, fresh air comes inside through the bottom of the laptop, through the punctured intake grill. However, that intake grill is only partially open over the CPU and is covered over the fan and the heatpipe, in an effort to channel the air over the CPU, into the fan, and then out through the exhaust grill. ACCURATE COLOURS] - The LG gram +view accurately represents your creative ideas and the colours you intended, delivering WQXGA (2560 x 1600) High Resolution and DCI-P3 99% (Typ.) supporting a wide ranging Colour gamut with an Anti-glare panel. The 16:10 Large professional Screen (which can be further extended to a 32:10 display when connected with 16 inch LG gram for full immersion to boost your productivity) Aside from this small niggle, the display measures up incredibly well. If you’re using the laptop for professional-level photo editing, especially if you’re working in sRGB content, you’ll still want to break open the calibrator. However, out of the box and within the P3 colour space, performance is highly respectable. A peak brightness of 350cd/m2, a contrast ratio of 1,514:1, an average Delta E colour accuracy of 0.67 and a total colour volume of 101.6% DCI-P3 are all excellent figures.

We estimate Windows 11 support will end in October 2031. However, this laptop may be compatible with a future version of Windows that gets support beyond this date Finally, if you were looking for a touchscreen variant, that is available with the Gram 16 2-in-1 convertible model, but not on this clamshell variant. Hardware, performance, and upgrade options LG offers three power profiles to choose from in the LG Smart Assitant control app, which has been revamped from the previous application. It offers access to a lot of useful settings for the keyboard, display, battery, or updates. If we’re talking software, I still think there’s a fair amount of preinstalled bloatware on this LG laptop, but I appreciate how they centralized many of their past apps into the updated Smart Assitant app now.

The LG Gram 17 gets a basic thermal module with a single fan and a short heatpipe, much like all the other past Gram. Hence, the LG Gram 16 is not for everyone, especially when you also factor in the price that you’re paying for it. But that’s where things get interesting. At MSRP prices, the slightly larger LG Gram 17 makes more sense to me. If you’re going for this sort of large-screen laptop for daily use, why not get the largest possible display, especially when the Gram 17 also offers a brighter panel and a full keyboard, plus a minor bump in performance based on our experience with the two units?

An RTX 2050 dGPU is also available on some variants of this laptop, but that comes with an updated cooling module, and I can’t judge its capabilities based on this iGPU-only unit. There aren’t many such laptops out there, designed to bundle a large display in a portable and lightweight format. In fact, the Gram 17 is the lightest 17-inch laptop currently available in stores, at under 3 lbs (1.3 kilos).

Our review unit is the Intel Core i7-1260P + Iris Xe variant of the Gram 16 16Z90Q, but LG also offer a Gram 16 Pro model with RTX 2050 graphics and some slight internal changes, which we’ll discuss perhaps in a future article.