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is any new ROG better and lighter than my G75V. need new machine

luckydriver
Level 7
17inch I7 3630 with 16 gigs RAM and currently i have a 256 SSD plus a 2 tb seagate hybrid (by the way do NOT ever get them, they suck). i must have a new 17 replacement so here i am

I dont game but i got the machine years ago to future proof myself. i love the machine still but it's too heavy for my extended usage on my lap and it's hurting my legs (up to 14 hours a day working at home the past year). so i need something lighter but at least the same power. i do very heavily use the machine for video converting (from laptop to my tivo using pytivo) and i also convert videos using AVC so i believe the gaming series is what i need. i also regularly have firefox open with at least 20 tabs and chrome open with 10 tabs. so converting vids while all this is open needs at least the 16 ram i had before I guess maybe even more? but im ok with 16. If i could get a single 2 tb SSD to take the place of my 256 + 2 tb I think i could deal with the loss of the space. but i understand ROG has additional bays which is nice.

i also have an issue with them taking away the page up and down keys on the keypad. i use them heavily. i dont want to have to press function to do that but i see microsoft has a key remapper.

i see the different levels of ROG and im wondering what is closest to what i have. the only way i know to compare is use a website comparing cpu specs to make sure a new one is faster. like i guess the i5 on the tuf wouldnt be as good? i need guidance. i assume stay with i7 at a minimum? Thanks
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RedSector73
Level 12
The first link (below) can compare laptops brands/makes against each other for you. You may find this helpful in your quest.

You seem to have lowered the bar somewhat from I want ROG to just the lightest laptop no matter what.
I dont know what your using this for really, prehaps you should be looking at tablet (in particiular look at iPad) makes as well ?



https://nanoreview.net/en/laptop-compare/lg-gram-17-2021-vs-asus-rog-strix-g17-advantage-edition
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3454840/lg-gram-17-review.html

i never used a tablet but i doubt it has storage for my 2tb of files and i cannot even imagining typing on that screen or working on spreadsheets. plus are they strong enough to transcode multipl videos?

my typical day is 20 tabs open on firefox. 10 on chrome. 1 or 2 excel sheets open. a few instances of word, file explorer. also converting videos with AVC and separately using pytivo to transfer other files to my tivo. sometimes i even do both at the same time.

when i'm converting with AVC AND doing pytivo conversions, the cpu is pegged as high as it's allowed to be. the video card gets up to over 90 C so i actually turned AVC back to only use 3 threads so it stays cooler on my lap and also the rog did lag sometimes. even as powerful as it is.

also i doubt anyone else uses their ROG 12 to 15 hours a day on their lap. my legs ache when i get up from the sofa and i started to have shooting pain in my foot from how the laptop sits. i didnt wanna get into tons of details but i already ruled out my other options other than buying a new machine. just didnt wanna bore you with the cons of each circumstance as its not that kind of forum. its about computers, not logisitics and personal reasons.

so my goal is a super light computer that can handle many browsers open, store over 2 tb of files. convert vids with AVC and also using pytivo . the only thing holding me back from the LG is the super glare screen. been looking at matte overlays to try to fix that. but i need light. the dells are 6 pounds but i hear have loud bad fans. i dont need that kind of issue. my old dell is super loud as well. so the LG at 3 pounds seems to be the best compromise to help save my legs

RedSector73
Level 12
Yeah, your said workload rules out tablet, it also rules anything lightweight like the LG you have mentioned ~imo.

I strongly recommend you try in store before buying as your workload and requirements for wieght don't apppear very well aligned.

I would have desktop computer to do all heavy lifting for transcoding and storage (like my NAS which is 18tb 1800x that runs plex etc), then simply remote log into it from your lighter computer (to handle heavy lifting on a real computer, also use plex on it) and to save your legs, that light computer woudl handle MS products and your tab fetish in firefox (that a good light laptop could do without draining it battery or overheating).

By splitting your requirments from one to two systems you can have it all.

i never remoted in on a machine before. ill try with my old dell to see how ez it is

so now how to do i replace the glare screen on the LG? thats really whats holding me back from buying. ive seen the 'protectors' on amazon that supposedly take away the glare but they dont look like fun to install. ive seen in reviews how bad it is..it sucks no matte display

thought of another silly question as i'm reading reviews. even though the LG would definitely throttle and be nowhere as powerful as a gaming computer to convert videos, woudlnt it just mean it takes longer to convert a video, not that it wont do it? even now with my g75, if i have any video converter going and then pytivo transfering to my tivo and then 30 tabs open on 2 browsers, i have lags on something like even playing words with friends. in the end i wouldnt care if the lg took even 2x as long to transfer or convert vids, just that it did it without freezing my machine or slowing it down.

here's the excerpt from an article on the 2020 model i read that just made me think of this question: Thanks to the Intel Core i7-1065G7 CPU and 16GB of RAM, the Gram 17 had no problem loading up 30 separate Google Chrome tabs (including 10 YouTube tabs, playing music videos simultaneously). So I opened more YouTube tabs, a few Facebook videos, and then Spotify. 15 YouTube tabs (playing 1080p videos at once), five Facebook tabs (playing CNN news clips simultaneously), and one Spotify playlist later: still no lag. Impressive.The Gram 17 was no champion in our Handbrake video transcoding test, either, but that’s typical of 10th-Gen Ice Lake CPUs. It took 23 minutes and 59 seconds to convert a 4K video to 1080p resolution, while the previous model took 19:18. The XPS 17 (8:41) and MacBook Pro (8:00) performed this task even faster; the average premium laptop takes 18:39.

Not every benchmark test was a bummer. The Gram 17's speedy 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD took just 5 seconds to duplicate 5GB of multimedia files � a transfer rate of 1,128.4 megabytes per second. This actually outpaces the MacBook Pro (1,017.9 MBps), XPS 17 (620.6 MBps), and Surface Laptop 3 (282.7 MBps); the category average is 683.8 MBps.

RedSector73
Level 12
RDC is like logging onto your computer in front of you, using a different account. The only difference is RDC has a small banner at the top. This way you could use LG Gram for most things and another system for heavy lifting like transcode and bulk storage. Appears you are not really considering the heat issue, which will directly effect your legs when the LG Gram is unable to cope, they dont often measure the exhuast heat from these little laptops and often employ high flow air deisgn to keep cool.

Given a laptop screen is not easily changed, I would want to be happy with it. Generally I prefer IPS screens these days.

Anyway, just giving you ideas to think about. Splitting these workloads is what I would do.

actually i do use remote on my work laptop. just didnt realize it lol. also my ROG wont do it because the version of windows is just home. i guess i could use teamviewer, thats what i use to fix my friends computer when it breaks.

as far as the heat it's between 91 and 116 per this review.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-Gram-17-17Z90N-Review-A-light-and-mobile-17-inch-laptop-with-a-16-1...

next thing would be to tax my ROG and shoot it with my thermometer to see how hot it gets for comparison. the only heat issue i ever have with my legs is where the ROG power cord plugs in to the machine when my leg hits the dongle it's blazing hot for some reason. the underside i never have felt the heat.

edit: cranked up ROg to convert and transfer 2 vids at the same time. hottest part is under the right fan at 98F. no wonder i never feel discomfort

RedSector73
Level 12
Buy an upgrade key off eBay or other Windows key site cheaply to pro version to solve that issue or you have old Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 pro key that tends to work.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-7-product-key-to-activate-windows-10/4...