If your budget is around $400, the answer is easy: Buy the Lenovo Ideapad 3, a well-equipped workstation for the money. It's not perfect, but many users won't mind the issue I have with it.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 ($519 to start; $529 as configured) is one of Lenovo's more basic laptops, and that's not a bad thing. For a modest price, you can get decent everyday performance, a ...

From the touch-enabled display to the impressive battery life, the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook is a solid offering for a sub-$400 laptop. That said, this device isn't without its nitpicks.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3’s 15.3-inch 1920×1200 IPS display is the weakest part of the experience. At 300 nits of brightness, it’s on the dim side on paper.

The 14-inch Full HD screen of the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook makes it pretty portable, as it also only weighs below 3 pounds with thickness of just 0.73 of an inch.

Only a deal if discounted by a bunchThe Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 ($519 to start; $529 as configured) is one of Lenovo's more basic laptops, and that's not a bad thing. For a modest price, you can get ...

The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 ($519 to start; $529 as configured) is one of Lenovo's more basic laptops, and that's not a bad thing. For a modest price, you can get decent everyday performance, a ...