Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15 (2021)
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Dell's multiple-award-winning XPS 13 ultraportable approaches perfection with a high-resolution OLED touch screen. It's not cheap, but it's irresistible once you lay eyes on it.
The latest rev of the G5 Gaming Desktop is a highly configurable budget model, solid for basic esports and casual gaming. (We'd opt for Dell's video card and PSU upgrade over our test model for going all-out at 1080p.)
14:35 All Specs It's not that Lenovo offers more ThinkPads than you can shake a stick at—it's just that it would take a very long time to shake that stick at them all. The ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 (starts at $896; $1,039 as tested) is a business laptop aimed at small offices, priced below the enterprise ThinkPad T and premium ThinkPad X series (in other words, overlapping the ThinkBook series). It's a 14-inch slimline with many of the ThinkPad virtues, such as a first-class keyboard and MIL-STD 810H durability. But it's on the heavy side for a 14-inch laptop; it has only one USB-C and one USB-A...
Tiny and quiet, MSI's Cubi 5 10M preconfigured mini PC is a versatile if plain-looking option that's a good fit for offices and living rooms.