# LG Gram

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/lg-gram/

6 people recommended LG Gram in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Owners praise its light weight, long battery life, stability and speed for a laptop that just works. The most common caveat is a poor keyboard.

Summary written by Claude from 15 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 14 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Light weight and long battery life (3 comments in the sample): "the light weight, fantastic battery life and snappy performance always get a recommendation from me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387883)) "The battery life was amazing, it always slept properly, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016227)) "it gets 15+ hours under light usage in Linux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46012566))
- Stable and reliable for years (2 comments in the sample): "Plus, it's super stable, not a single crash or hang-up over years. It just works." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46013792)) "This thing is rock solid." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46387622))
- Powerful, snappy performance (1 comment in the sample): "The LG Gram is incredible, 17 inch thin light and powerful. However it has one of the worst keyboards I've ever used." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47256725))

## What people warn about

- Poor keyboard (1 comment in the sample): "I am not convinced that comes anywhere close in regards of speakers or keyboard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45897211))

## Other laptops people recommend

- [Apple MacBook Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-pro/): 593 recommend, 243 mixed, 586 criticize
- [Apple MacBook Neo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-neo/): 488 recommend, 173 mixed, 295 criticize
- [MacBook Air](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-air/): 475 recommend, 122 mixed, 163 criticize
- [Apple MacBook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-macbook/): 358 recommend, 110 mixed, 324 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.lg.com/us/laptops)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "LG Gram", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lg-gram/ (6 recommend, 3 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.