Let's talk about ultrabooks those thin and light laptops that are built for

Productivity, and there's a lot of really good options to choose from in early 2018

We're looking at like XPS 13 razor blade stealth HP Envy the x1 from Lenovo all of them with 8th gen CPUs great devices

but they're all

Light but not super light and these two are the superlight

Laptops that I would recommend for most people.

So, these are the LG Gram devices the 13 inch and the 15 inch and what make some special is how incredibly light they are

So, this thing comes in at 2 pounds most of the devices that I mentioned earlier are pushing three pounds,

Maybe them a little bit more than that

This is 2 pounds, and I mean when you're looking for a portable device

a one pound reduction in weight is massive

and these things are just so comfortable to hold so when you make something this thin in this light you're gonna have some compromises

you can't have something of this weight and expect to be able to treat it poorly

It is built well much better built than the original 14-inch LG Gram

But it's still something to take care of I would get a sleeve or something to protect it, the magnesium alloy is strong but it can't beat physics.

All right. Let's talk about the things that I do like about it first the screen

This is a 1080p touchscreen, it needs a little bit of calibration to be accurate, but it has great color gamut

And it gets reasonably bright the backlit keyboard and the trackpad are both good.

Now I wouldn't consider them to be best in class or anything

But I'm very happy using them. The 8th gen CPU on both these devices are nice now

These are a nice step up from the previous generation when it comes to multi-core performance

But to be fair the improved performance isn't something most

Ultrabook users will be able to notice you do need particular apps to show that off properly

It is an 8th gen CPU so you do get better

battery life as well speaking of battery life these both have 60 watt hour batteries and

The software in here can be set pretty aggressively so you're like sipping at the battery and you can get like 15 hours or something

ridiculous, but for regular use 250 nits

on the screen

I'm getting around 8 and a half hours on the 13 inch version around seven and a half hours on the 15 inch version

It's a little bit less because there's just a bigger screen more stuff to light up okay

I want to talk about the 15 inch device for a second

And I think this is a pretty unique product a lot of 15-inch laptops have 15-inch screens with 45 watt HQ processors

And I get it a lot of people that want that bigger screen also want a faster processor more powerful processor

But some people don't want that some people just want a bigger screen

And they just don't need the extra processing power that every other company is stuffing down their throats

This thing is still running a 15 watt U processor and almost everything remains the same

It is a little more roomy and there's a number pad on the keyboard, but it's a thin and light 15 inch laptop

Which is rare, okay?

Let's talk about some things like don't love about it first and the big one for me is the webcam it's located in

The hinge so when you use it it kind of looks up your nose, and then the speaker's don't sound great

They're pretty mediocre and the last thing is a charging port so they include a barrel plug as the AC adapter

I really wish they'd include a USB C charger because it can take it

where you need to go and buy your own USB C charger

Which is unfortunate so both the 13 and the 15-inch?

LG gram are just great options for people looking for something really portable and just an all-around great laptop

This one in particular the 13-inch one. I think is actually on sale on Amazon right now for 800 bucks

Not sorry not the 8th gen one

But the previous generation the seventh gen which is very similar in performance and everything else across the board. That's a steal 800 bucks

I don't know if it's like a Black Friday thing or like a holiday special

But that's a really good price for something that originally launched like 11-1200 bucks

I'll leave a link for all this stuff below

You know what there's one other thing when I talk about

If you're interested in portable stuff everyone knows this mouse right the MX master series

It's smaller sibling is not as well known

I feel like this thing is actually a better Mouse than the big one for a lot of people one

It's just a smaller fit the MX master is a really large Mouse

And I think a lot of people that have seen it are intimidated by it

And it's just not a great travel Mouse

This thing is half the size a little bit cheaper same sensor same super long battery really like this thing

This is the MX. Anywhere 2 s ok hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs. We liked it subs of you loved it

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