That's what you get when weight is the main feature, not price. I find it funny that those laptops get the same bricks as others, that double their weight. For those who care, 30W anker nano II GAN brick is enough to keep it fed on power saving mode, which makes the whole thing ~1.6kg with case and charger, (based on older version)
AMD's white label equivalent is still trash. Even after promising for years to add staff and resources so they could compete with Evo, AMD has nothing to show for it except a couple of slim gaming laptops.
Have you considered the possibility that almost none of these OEMs know how to build a laptop on their own? Intel has literally white-labeled a better laptop than Acer has ever made to a random no-name non-US OEM.
AMD has a long way to go to deliver the level of services Intel provides its laptop OEMs. You should not expect anything beyond a small handful of AMD premium design wins until at least one calendar year after you see a headline about AMD expanding this side of its business. It will require a headline-grabbing amount of increased headcount before AMD can make it into these designs, and less awful launches like the Ryzen 6000 series.
Because Apple have forgotten how to make a useable OS to run on their stellar hardware! I switched to Apple silicon nearly two years ago because I assumed the software would be as similarly good as the hardware and have been bitterly disappointed and constantly frustrated!
I tried these laptops at costco and they are incredibly light. Its exciting what is possible with magnesium alloy. This year the big change is switch to oled screens. That should have impact on battery life but screens have higher resolution, better contrast and larger color gamut as well.
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coburn_c - Monday, March 20, 2023 - link
Incredibly overpriceddeil - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - link
That's what you get when weight is the main feature, not price. I find it funny that those laptops get the same bricks as others, that double their weight.For those who care, 30W anker nano II GAN brick is enough to keep it fed on power saving mode, which makes the whole thing ~1.6kg with case and charger, (based on older version)
ingwe - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - link
This. You pay a premium for an ultralight. Personally love my Surface Pro 8 that weighs in at 2 lbs.lemurbutton - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - link
Wait for 15.5" Macbook Air.sharath.naik - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - link
LG please release 64GB ram versionPeachNCream - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - link
Nope! It would endure for longer as a usable PC with more RAM and adversely impact future sales.heffeque - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - link
No AMD CPU option. Seeing how inefficient Intel's current CPU's are compared to AMD's... hard pass.lmcd - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - link
AMD's white label equivalent is still trash. Even after promising for years to add staff and resources so they could compete with Evo, AMD has nothing to show for it except a couple of slim gaming laptops.Have you considered the possibility that almost none of these OEMs know how to build a laptop on their own? Intel has literally white-labeled a better laptop than Acer has ever made to a random no-name non-US OEM.
AMD has a long way to go to deliver the level of services Intel provides its laptop OEMs. You should not expect anything beyond a small handful of AMD premium design wins until at least one calendar year after you see a headline about AMD expanding this side of its business. It will require a headline-grabbing amount of increased headcount before AMD can make it into these designs, and less awful launches like the Ryzen 6000 series.
lemurbutton - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - link
If efficiency is important to you, then why do you even consider anything else besides Apple Silicon?toastonfire - Sunday, April 2, 2023 - link
Because Apple have forgotten how to make a useable OS to run on their stellar hardware! I switched to Apple silicon nearly two years ago because I assumed the software would be as similarly good as the hardware and have been bitterly disappointed and constantly frustrated!anandcx - Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - link
This the "Style" version, the normal LG Gram series is lighter and at the same time has more ports.trivik12 - Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - link
I tried these laptops at costco and they are incredibly light. Its exciting what is possible with magnesium alloy. This year the big change is switch to oled screens. That should have impact on battery life but screens have higher resolution, better contrast and larger color gamut as well.