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hey guys this is Austin the LG grim was one of my favorite laptops of 2017 but now it's back for 2018 with a brand new addition huge shout out to LG for not only sponsoring this video but also for hooking us up with the very first 20 18 gram outside of LG now yes this is a sponsored video however a few guys have been watching the channel for a while you'll know that I really really like the gram so this is my 2017 lg gram if you call my video I did last year there is a lot that I like about this laptop however there were a few things that wasn't such a huge fan of and that pretty much is what the 2018 gram is all about so the Graham is still available in 1314 as well as 15-inch varieties so this is the maxed out 15-inch version which LG sent mostly so I can take a look some of the higher-end features that you actually can get with the Graham now pop open the box and the first thing we see is the Graham itself and Wow so after using the 13 for about a year now the 15 looks enormous but it's still pretty lightweight especially considering how big the laptop is we're also going to get a USB c2 Ethernet adapter so like the previous grand this is helpful although it is only 10100 Ethernet so it's not going to be crazy fast but nice to have in the box and then we get the power adapter so one of the nice things is that even though this is a standard barrel plug you actually can't use usb C on the gram to charge it so especially if you have one of the LG USB C monitors or pretty much any other USB C charger you can plug it in that way for such a big laptop it always like surprises me at how light this is so I think that's actually where the grand name comes from it weighs just over a kilogram so even though it kind of looks like plastic it's actually a magnesium alloy and according to LG it's actually survived a lot of different durability testing although I'm not exactly going to drop test my shiny new one-of-a-kind laptop to test so I'll just take their word for a mat drop testing the laptop can take your closer look inside the laptop and you'll see that two of the biggest features have their own wonderful stickers on board in case you're curious about your new laptop this guy not only has the new 8th gen Core processors but it also has an upgrade to a full Thunderbolt 3 port so in addition to doubling as a USB C port the Thunderbolt 3 port also does support power data as well as something like a 5k my door or even in an external GPU now you should keep in mind that not all the new grants will have thunderbolt 3 some will just have standard USBC but this is a really nice thing to see you're also getting the power plug a USB 3.0 port as well as full-sized HDMI and on the other side at least on the 15th version you're going to be getting two more USB 3.0 ports a headphone jack as well as microSD one of the biggest upgrades for the Graham is the brand-new quad core processors so inside this guy we're getting a core i7 8550 you 16 gigabytes of RAM as well as one terabyte of SSD storage now don't get me wrong the old Graham wasn't exactly slow but moving up to a quad-core processor makes a big difference even normal day-to-day use and especially when you get into heavier tasks such as like video editing or gaming this guy also now has dual channel memory which is going to free up a lot of additional memory bandwidth especially when it comes to gaming now you probably shouldn't pick up the LG Gramma's gaming computer with the u HD 620 graphics are ok for some light gaming such as rocket league here we're playing at 720p and that was terrible on performance settings alright you know what we'll just call that intentional remove a few screws from the bottom and you get access to everything inside the laptop now you might very well void your warranty like this but there's actually some interesting stuff in here including not only access to our memory but we also have dual SSD slots now most grams will ship with one of these SSD slots empty however because we have the one terabyte version this is going to be populated with a pair of 500 gig drives but it's really nice to be able to see that not only can you upgrade your memory but you can also add an additional SSD down the road you know what I've got to give LG a shout-out here this is a really easy to work on laptop even though they might not necessarily want you to get inside of here everything is logically laid out so you can get at your memory you can get your SSDs the battery is pretty much right front and center they did a really good job of making this very friendly if you do need to get in here to say repair something battery life has been one of the big strong suits of the Gramm and that continues this year so we're going from a 60 watt hour to a 72 watt hour battery which brings battery life from 18 hours up to supposedly 22 and a half according to LG now keep in mind that that is with the 13 inch model the 15 does lose a little bit off the top and you also have to consider that even though it does have that bigger battery it's going to be slightly offset by the more powerful processor but that being said this is going to last you a very very long time off the battery regardless of whether you pick up the 13 14 or 15 inch version of the gram you're going to be getting a 1080p IPS panel now that resolution might not be anything crazy but it's plenty sharp even on the 15 inch model color is nice and vibrant you're getting good viewing angles decent brightness and importantly some of the best contrast I've ever tried on a laptop one of the more annoying things with the original Graham was the placement of the webcam it's below the screen and gives a great view of the inside of your nose thankfully LG has addressed this with the new grin when they move the webcam up top above the screen you know like every other laptop ever another small but welcome improvement is with the fingerprint sensor before it was on the touchpad and well it really wasn't that big of a deal it could get in the way sometimes however thankfully for the 2018 model they've moved it back to a much more sensible location of the power button I've got to give LG props it really does feel like they were listening to the feedback from the 2017 model and rolled a lot of that into tweaking the new 2018 Edition now if I may make one suggestion for the 2019 LG Graham how about a dedicated GPU option if you guys want to know more feel free to check this guy out at the link in the description and I'm curious what do you think about the 2018 LG Graham let me know in the comments below and I will catch you on the next one