Question Acer Swift Go 14" vs LG Gram 17" vs ASUS Vivobook S 15.6

Regev

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All three are currently for almost 30% off on Amazon Prime Day (the first two) or Walmart (the third). All have 16GB DDR5 :

$600 - Acer Swift Go 14", 2880x1800 OLED 90hz, Core Ultra 5 125H, 512GB SSD. (1.32kg / 2.91lbs)

$750 - ASUS Vivobook S 15.6" 2880x1620 OLED 120hz, Core Ultra 7 155H, 1TB SSD (1.5kg / 3.3lbs)

$900 - LG gram 17" 2560x1600 IPS (refresh rate n/a), Core Ultra 5 125H, 512GB SSD (1.35kg / 2.97lbs)

Which one do you recommend? I watched YouTube videos and couldn't make up my mind.

My usecase: dual booting Fedora / Windows, showing excel presentations (through an external monitor), writing documents from coffee shops, answering emails when I travel abroad, possible also : Steam-Remote Football Manager through my 14900K machine at home xD . So screen, input devices (keyboard especially), lightweightiness, longer battery, etc, and build quality (i like sleek looking laptops) are more important than hard disk (I could live with 50GB) or CPU probably (differences are negligible I imagine, for me).

Thank you so much,
Regev
 
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The LG Gram is a nice looking unit to keep it on a desk. I wouldn't travel with it for several reasons: Kind of flimsy, it gets hot and the touchpad is a hot mess.
I will go with the Acer or Asus.
I have the Swift 14 and the only complains I have is that the fan can get louder and it arrive with a lot of bloatware. I performed a clean Windows installation.
The Asus laptop looks like a nice unit, but I have not encountered that model.