If you’re looking to pick up an affordable laptop for work or school, you’ve come to the right place. Lenovo’s selling the ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 for just $599, which is a massive 70 percent off of the original price. This machine comes loaded with AMD hardware as well as a 1080p display and a backlit keyboard. ThinkPad keyboards are renowned for being super comfortable to type on, so if you spend a lot of time writing e-mail or school papers, then you should really consider picking up this laptop.
Let’s jump right into the specs. The Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 rocks an AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U CPU, AMD Radeon graphics, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage. That means this laptop can handle spreadsheet work, day-to-day tasks, coursework, and so on. The 14-inch display has a resolution of 1920×1080, a refresh rate of 60Hz, and a maximum brightness of 300 nits. While it’s not the brightest or most color saturated screen we’ve ever seen, it’s still a good screen for productivity and casual use.
It’s also well-reviewed on Lenovo too, with one person saying it charges fast and the battery lasts a long time.
Author: Ashley Biancuzzo, Associate Editor, PCWorld
Ashley Biancuzzo manages all laptop and Chromebook coverage for PCWorld. She's been covering consumer tech since 2016, and her work has appeared on USA Today, Reviewed, Polygon, Kotaku, StarWars.com, and Nerdist. In her spare time, she enjoys playing video games, reading science fiction, and hanging out with her rescue greyhound.