Our quick take

LG Gram 17 - 4.0 / 5

Design

  • Finish: ‘Nano Carbon’ with magnesium casing 3x USB-A, 1x USB-C, 1x HDMI, 1x microSD 381 x 267 x 17.8mm / 1.3kg

Screen

  • 17.0-inch IPS LCD panel 2560 x 1600 resolution Glossy finish

Keyboard and trackpad

  • Chiclet keyboard with NUM pad and 2-stage backlight Embedded finger scanner Textured glass trackpad

Performance

  • Intel Core i7-8565U 1.80GHz, 4.60GHz Turbo 16GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM 512GB SSD storage

Battery life

  • 4-cell 72Wh battery, claimed 19.5 hour battery life

To recap

The only 17-incher we’ve used that seems made, or even well suited, to life on the road. It’s powerful enough, has solid battery life, and both its connections and keyboard feel made for real work. The CPU is out of date upon arrival, though, but we’re going easy on that downside.