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Yeah, looked great until I saw the side [0]. Would be great if it had a larger trackpad, too. If it's actually plastic, that's a complete deal-breaker.

[0] https://images.anandtech.com/doci/13681/lg-gram-17-io.jpg

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The article states it comes in a dark silver Carbon Magnesium alloy chassis.

It's thin enough

How much thinner could you make it without sacrificing the ports?

Perhaps GP refers to the looks rather than thinness.

Yep, the aesthetics appear a bit dated and it looks like there are plenty of gaps for dust, dirt, etc to collect. For the price tag, the specs are fine, but the chassis is terrible. I'd much rather buy something like a Razer Blade 17" if I required something that packed a punch and looked great.

Looking at the Macbook in front of me & back to this laptop on my screen & the trackpad looks absolutely tiny. Large trackpads are good! Seems odd that it's so small.

I've used good and bad trackpads/keyboards/etc. over they years. No matter how good or bad they are, you always find a way to get used to them.

I wonder if its not the relative size that's throwing you off. Bigger keyboard = smaller-looking trackpad.

The MacBook Pro 2016+ shows that bigger isn't necessarily better when it comes to input devices.

Yeah, it's probably a function of it being a larger laptop. & it's, of course, subjective. I saw this typing on my 2016 MacBook Pro, & I personally love the giant trackpad.

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