LG Gram
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 37 of 63 laptops by recommenders
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.
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.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 4 years
Median of the 3 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Light weight and long battery life
“the light weight, fantastic battery life and snappy performance always get a recommendation from me”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2” “The battery life was amazing, it always slept properly, etc.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Discontinuation of ARM Notebook with Snapdragon X Elite SoC” “it gets 15+ hours under light usage in Linux”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Discontinuation of ARM Notebook with Snapdragon X Elite SoC” Stable and reliable for years
“Plus, it's super stable, not a single crash or hang-up over years. It just works.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Discontinuation of ARM Notebook with Snapdragon X Elite SoC” “This thing is rock solid.”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2” Powerful, snappy performance
“The LG Gram is incredible, 17 inch thin light and powerful. However it has one of the worst keyboards I've ever used.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Apple Introduces MacBook Neo” “the light weight, fantastic battery life and snappy performance always get a recommendation from me”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Poor keyboard
“The LG Gram is incredible, 17 inch thin light and powerful. However it has one of the worst keyboards I've ever used.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Apple Introduces MacBook Neo” “I am not convinced that comes anywhere close in regards of speakers or keyboard”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Terminal Latency on Windows (2024)”
Other laptops people recommend
The four most recommended other laptops, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple MacBook Pro | 928 | 688 | 57% | 13 | 5 yrs248 owners | — |
| Apple MacBook Neo | 707 | 355 | 66% | 9 | 1 mo8 owners | — |
| MacBook Air | 633 | 209 | 75% | 12 | 5 yrs130 owners | Approved |
| Apple MacBook | 499 | 348 | 59% | 12 | 9 yrs77 owners | — |
| LG GramThis page | 10 | 2 | 83% | 5 | 4 yrs3 owners | Approved |
What people said
All 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“somehow they all feel unsufficient”
“But I hate every second of it.”
“My good old LG Gram ... already had 24 GB of RAM”
“Is my favorite laptop and my old Mac sits gathering dust”
“I like the Gram as a personal device”
“everything works including fingerprint reader”
“The LG Gram is incredible, 17 inch thin light and powerful. However it has one of the worst keyboards I've ever used.”
“I can bend my LG Gram's screen and it's keeps working fine.”
“the light weight, fantastic battery life and snappy performance always get a recommendation from me”
“This thing is rock solid.”
“The battery life was amazing, it always slept properly, etc.”
“Plus, it's super stable, not a single crash or hang-up over years. It just works.”
“it gets 15+ hours under light usage in Linux”
“I am not convinced that comes anywhere close in regards of speakers or keyboard”
“the speakers, keyboard, battery, webcam are almost caught up in quality with Macbooks when you look at products like LG Gram”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.