# LG Gram 17 (17Z90UR)

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/lg-gram-17-17z90ur
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/laptops
- Placement: #17 of 22 in Laptops, D tier
- Brand: LG
- LP on this board: 292
- Last researched: 2026-08-17T09:10:15.137Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

A sponsored unboxing with a shrug from the comments. Lightness impresses, community conviction does not.

## For

- Marvelled at as the world's lightest 17-inch laptop with RTX
- Large exposure via Unbox Therapy (394k views)

## Against

- A paid LG partnership
- Pulse here is marketing volume, not owner conviction

## Evidence

Consolidated from 7 cited sources across 5 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Notebookcheck | Marc Herter | A | https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-model-original-design-LG-Gram-17-2025-Lunar-Lake-laptop-review.1157955.0.html | fetched and confirmed |
| Consumer Reports | Consumer Reports | C | https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/laptops-chromebooks/lg-gram-17-17z90tl-h-aub8u3/m419000/ | fetched and confirmed |
| ZDNet | - | B | https://www.zdnet.com/article/lg-gram-17-review/ | fetched and confirmed |
| NotebookTalk | John Ratsey | B | https://notebooktalk.net/topic/3003-lg-gram-pro-17-17z90tp-performance-evaluation/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Notebookcheck | Stefan Hinum | B | https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-gram-17-2025-17Z90TL.1063187.0.html | fetched and confirmed |
| Unbox Therapy | - | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgJetYFtmjw | fetched and confirmed |
| Notebookcheck | - | B | https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-Gram-17-long-term-test-Two-years-with-the-lightweight-giant.1161596.0.html | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12 | Framework Laptop 13 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/framework-laptop-13 |
| 13 | Asus Zenbook S14 (2026) | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/asus-zenbook-s14-2026 |
| 14 | Asus Zenbook Duo (2026) | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/asus-zenbook-duo-2026 |
| 15 | Dell XPS 14 (2026) | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/dell-xps-14-2026 |
| 16 | HP OmniBook 7 Aero | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/hp-omnibook-7-aero |
| 18 | Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3x | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/lenovo-ideapad-slim-3x |
| 19 | Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/lenovo-chromebook-plus-14 |
| 20 | Samsung Galaxy Book6 Ultra | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/samsung-galaxy-book6-ultra |
| 21 | MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/msi-prestige-14-flip-ai |
| 22 | Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (M1, 2020) | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/apple-macbook-air-13-inch-m1-2020 |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/laptops.

## What this tier means

- D: Weak. Hard to recommend when better options cost similar money.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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