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LG's Lightweight Gram Pro 16 Laptop Still Needs Some Work
The compromise scales ultimately tipped against the Gram Pro in 2024, but I'll give credit to LG for staying the course and continuing to iterate on this design, and fixing many of the flaws I remarked on previously. Faster, Thinner, Cooler
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Summer 2025 sees the arrival of a new, 16-inch version of the LG Gram Pro. The slightly smaller laptop is a bit heavier than the old Pro 17 by a fraction of an ounce (now 2.9 pounds) but is 3 millimeters thinner with a girth of just 15 mm. As the name implies, it has a smaller touchscreen, at 16 inches diagonally instead of 17, featuring a resolution of 2,880 x 1,800 pixels. It no longer has an OLED panel, but it boasts an impressive 144-Hz refresh rate. While heavier than the old LG Gram Pro 17, it's still up to a pound lighter than a typical 16-inch laptop.
The new system is designed as a 2-in-1, with a hinge that allows the LCD to fold flat against the back of the laptop so it can be used as a tablet. An active stylus is included in the box. The stylus can dock magnetically against the right side of the laptop and charge without a cable while it's resting there, too.
Performance is the first place where things have picked up. While the unit I received for review is LG's lowest-end configuration, featuring an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H CPU, 16 GB of RAM, 1 terabyte of storage, and integrated graphics, it ran rings around the older Gram Pro 17 and handily outpaced recent vintage systems from other manufacturers on common tasks.
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