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Specifications of LG Gram 14: | 14-inch WUXGA IPS LCD (1920 * 1200) | i5-1135G7 processor (2.4 GHz, Turbo up to 4.2 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 28 W) with 8GB LPDDR4X | 256GB SSD | Intel Iris Xe Graphics | Intel Wireless-AX201 (802.11ax, 2 × 2, Dual Band, BT Combo) + RJ45 | HDMI X 1, USB-C x 2, USB3.2 x 2 | 4-cell Lithium-ion Battery | Weighs 999 grams. What's good about the LG Gram 14? LG advertises that the LG Gram weighs only as much as two cups of coffee. Despite being thin and light, the LG Gram 14 is not fragile in any way. For a laptop weighing under 1 kg, this is quite sturdy, and you'll feel it when adjusting the screen to the right angle or simply moving around while working at home to find a comfortable position to settle in for a few hours. In fact, while mobility has been the primary reason people have chosen lightweight laptops in recent years, in the WFH era, it may be because the device's versatility always suits wherever you want to work, whether it's at home, in the office, or at a coffee shop. This is the kind of notebook you can hold with your fingertips when lifting it off the sofa and moving it into your lap. Thanks to its magnesium alloy body, this laptop is so light that you forget you're holding one in your hand. The LG Gram 14 super light features a fairly clear IPS LCD WUXGA display (1920 * 1200), higher than Full HD but not quite 2K. Regardless of the resolution, for regular users, this screen will appear as a good working display adapting to all kinds of environments, whether it's dim indoors on a cloudy morning or the bright interior of a Starbucks coffee shop.
This laptop is equipped with the 11th generation Intel i5 processor on the Intel Evo platform – an effort by the chip manufacturer to collaborate with manufacturers to provide a premium experience for users. And the premium experience is exactly what the LG Gram delivers. In fact, from lightning-fast boot-up, with fingerprint scanner to log in, to the device remaining genuinely cool even after you've worked on it for hours, this laptop has been emphasized in every experience it offers.
However, this is a Microsoft Office and Excel device, not an Adobe Creative Cloud device. So while it has performed well in heavy tasks when needed, that's not why you buy a device like this. The added price here is for the convenience of design rather than the bragging rights of additional processing power. That said, in the two weeks I've used the LG Gram 14, I haven't been disappointed at all and always thought it matched up to my old MacBook Air in performance.
Despite its compact design, LG has made an effort to provide a full-size keyboard and a glass trackpad inside. The keys have appropriate travel, though the bounce is something I had to get used to. The trackpad is very responsive and smooth. The fingerprint scanner within the power button is a good touch and works really well. I also like the backlit keys to avoid confusion when working at night. You can control or turn off the backlight with function keys.
A dedicated function button also takes you to the LG Control Center, where you can customize the screen's color temperature, the performance of the internal cooling module, and even optimize the battery. You can also disable instant startup from here. If you're using this laptop for eight hours a day, then you'll likely need to charge it once every two days. And the fact that the charger that comes with this device is smaller than what we're used to is a big plus.
LG Gram 14: What's not good? If there's one thing I don't really like about the laptop, it's the sound. I think it could be much louder even though its quality is quite good. Additionally, if the lighting isn't good, you won't be able to illuminate yourself in video calls like all the other laptops out there.
LG Gram 14: Should you buy it? Let me put it this way – if I were looking for a Windows laptop, this would be one of the products I'd seriously consider because of its super lightweight design, clear promise of durability, and good processing power. Furthermore, for the features provided, the LG Gram isn't overpriced because there are thinner laptops with similar demands that cost much more. In fact, at around 44 million dong, this is a much sweeter deal.
