LG Thin LG 15.6" gram Multi-Touch Laptop Review

The LG gram is a laptop that makes a huge promise: be incredibly light without sacrificing power. It mostly delivers, but with one glaring, deal-breaking flaw. The main thing you need to know is that this machine is a featherweight champion with the specs of a heavyweight, but its rock-bottom reliability score means you're gambling on it lasting more than a year.

The performance is a pleasant surprise. That Intel 255H 16-core CPU lands in the 79th percentile, and with 32GB of DDR5 RAM, this thing flies through multitasking and development work. It's genuinely powerful. The shocker is the integrated Intel Arc Graphics with 16GB of VRAM. It scores in the 59th percentile, which is solid for an iGPU and explains why it's fine for entertainment, but that 19.6 gaming score tells you all you need to know—don't even think about gaming on this.

Worth it? Only if you find it at the absolute bottom of its price range, around $1249, and you're willing to accept the reliability risk. At $1850, it's a hard no. You're paying a premium for the lightweight design, and that's a tough sell when the laptop might not last.

This sits in a weird spot. Compared to the Apple MacBook Pro, you get more RAM and storage for less money, but you lose the insane performance, battery life, and Apple's build quality. Next to the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i, the gram is a feather but the Legion is a gaming beast; they're for completely different people. The most direct rival is the ASUS Zenbook Duo. It's a similar ultraportable concept but with that wild dual-screen setup. The gram wins on simplicity and weight, but the Zenbook might be more future-proof.

I can't fully recommend it. The terrible reliability score is a deal-breaker for a machine you'd want to use for years. If you absolutely need the lightest 15-inch laptop possible and you're okay with it potentially being a short-term device, buy it at the lowest price you can find. For everyone else, look at a MacBook Air, a Framework laptop, or even that ASUS Zenbook Duo for a more reliable ultraportable.