This laptop was released around June 2023, and there were some reviews online by August. So I've been thinking about it for a year, but still can't bring myself to buy it. It's really too expensive; the price of 14,000 is simply highway robbery.
Recently, I gave away my Steam Deck and was considering whether to get a lightweight gaming device that is portable and not too ugly to take out, something I could use to play cards on the subway or high-speed train without feeling out of place. Initially, I chose the ARM version of the Tianpai, but after much deliberation and gradually increasing my budget, I thought it would be better to get a dream machine.
The official introduction is here: LG gram Style 16” OLED Laptop - 16Z90RS-K.ADW8U1 | LG USA
I can't take suitable photos, so I borrowed a few images from the official website's comment section to take a look. This glare effect really looks unreal, very soft and dreamy, even more beautiful to the naked eye.
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But these cannot hide its useless nature.
First of all, the theoretical core frequency is higher than that of the i7-12700H, but it compiles slower than my i7-12700H ThinkPad.
It doesn't have a dedicated GPU; that i7-1360P's garbage integrated graphics have theoretical parameters similar to the i7-12700H, but I don't know if it has been power-limited or what, even running Monopoly 10 is choppy, with extremely unstable frame rates. It’s clear that the integrated graphics performance is already at 100 (3D).
The i7-1360P seems to be a low-power CPU, and LG may have imposed additional power limits on it to achieve extreme lightness while maintaining high battery life.
So what is the purpose of its 32GB of memory? With the performance of this CPU and GPU, I haven't needed that much memory.
Perhaps it was designed to reflect the saying "productivity before purchase, love after purchase." The whole machine weighs only 1.1kg, and after using it, I found that it has a 6-hour battery life just for watching videos, paired with an excellent screen and very good speakers, making it a pure binge-watching device. But why not use a tablet for watching shows? After giving away the Steam Deck, the tablet has also taken over my subway time; Goblin Pinball is really fun.
Currently, this laptop is just a pretty ornament; I only use it very occasionally to write documents. Perhaps it would be more suitable for pure document workers. Wait, you say it's this expensive, why not buy a Mac for document work? It really is a beautiful piece of junk.
P.S.: After giving away the Steam Deck, I realized that the portable Windows handheld market is really captured by G 胖，and the dual-system Deck is truly a gaming god.
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