LG Gram 17 (2022) with 32 GB of RAM and 2 TB SSD drops to lowest price yet on Amazon

[Redaktion]

The decked-out version of last year's LG Gram 17 (17Z90Q) is currently discounted to just US$1299.99 on Amazon US. For that price, users get a large 17-inch IPS display, a high-end Intel Core i7-1260P processor, 32 GB of non-user-upgradable RAM, and a 2 TB SSD.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-Gram-17-2022-with-32-GB-of-RAM-and-2-TB-SSD-drops-to-lowest-price-yet-on-Amazon.752611.0.html

[NikoB]

This is a pretty interesting home device, but the price today does not reflect its real performance and level of expansion ports.

It should be $200-250 cheaper. Or it should come straight from the factory with 4TB SSD and soldered +32GB RAM. But the processor, even more so, is severely strangled and energy inefficient, due to the obsolete Intel Alder Lake. If LG had made the same version with a semi-matte 4k screen and a 78(9)40U/7940HS with an optimally tuned LPDDR7500 of 32/64GB, symmetrically located usb40 on the left and right and HDMI 2.1, and it would have managed to squeeze in an RJ45 of 2.5 Gbps+.

And of course, for the AMD processor to be optimally configured for the memory controller and consumption at rest and at low load, as well as the cooler activation curve depending on the temperature, with the possibility of manual adjustment by the owner through proprietary software.

Then it would have been the hit of the season, but alas, LG will still be late with such a line (but the location of the ports is convenient for both right-handers and left-handers)... it's already autumn 2023 and people are already looking at the next processors, the first "7nm" Meteor Lake from Intel and Zen5 from AMD. Although both will actually be on sale no earlier than spring 2024, as usual, despite the announcement of new series somewhere in October-November 2023...

[Neenyah]

Or it should come straight from the factory with 4TB SSD and soldered +32GB RAM. But the processor, even more so, is severely strangled and energy inefficient, due to the obsolete Intel Alder Lake. If LG had made the same version with a semi-matte 4k screen and a 78(9)40U/7940HS...

Professional reading skills, once again. Hints for you, copy/pasting from the article:

LG Gram 17 (2022)

The decked-out version of last year's LG Gram 17 (17Z90Q)

While it's a little over a year old, the LG Gram 17 (2022)

All of that is quite literally at the very start of the article. But we learnt that the Alder Lake lineup was obsolete in 2022 despite being released in that same year. Not just that but LG was supposed to time travel in 2023 to use AMD's 7040 lineup. Bad LG, bad. Thank you for the enlightenment 🙏

[NikoB]

Not just that but LG was supposed to time travel in 2023 to use AMD's 7040 lineup.

The laptop is on sale here and now, in the fall of 2023. And it is definitely no longer worth that price, taking into account the performance and other shortcomings. Which is what I wrote about. Whether to buy or not is a personal choice. I just pointed out the obvious discrepancy with the requirements of the time.

We can just as easily talk about other lines, including top ones - but who needs them for the prices at which they are now trying to sell them everywhere?

The stores are full of laptops with the same Zen3+, but who needs it now, when literally adding +200-300$ you can get a new laptop with 7945HX which is literally 2.5 times faster? Although even here there are nuances that are known to all those who carefully read everything I write.

[Dmitry]

No internet. No 4G or 5G connection. It's peace of s***.