LG refreshed its Gram line of lightweight PCs a few
weeks before CES 2018. Nearly two months later, It is now on sale in the US but
with “heavy” price tags. The LG Gram comes in three sizes – 13.3, 14, and 15.6
inches. However, only the 15.6” variant is available for purchase at the
moment.
The 15.6” model is the heaviest at 2.4lbs/1.09kg.
Even with its large FHD touchscreen IPS display, it is sized like a 14” model,
thanks to its thin bezels. It also has a full -sized 2-level backlit keyboard
with a dedicated number pad.
It has 16GB (8GB x 2) of RAM, 1TB SSD (512GB x 2)
storage and is powered by Intel’s 8th gen Core i7-8550U processor. The chip has
a base clockspeed of 1.80GHz and a turbo clockspeed of 4.0GHz. For
connectivity, there is a Thunderbolt/USB-C 3.0 port, 3 x full sized USB 3.0
ports, 1 microSD card slot, audio jack, and a RJ45 port. It also has a 4-cell
72Wh battery that lasts up to 16.5 hours, a fingerprint scanner buried under
the power button, and has a MIL-ST-810G certification just like the LG G6 and
LG V30.
Interesting specs but it comes at a price. LG is
asking for US$ 1999.99 for this beast. There are less powerful configurations
though and there are the 14” and 13” models too. They are all less expensive
and also come with 8th Gen Core-i7 processors but less RAM and or storage.
