The Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 comes in two different sizes, a 13.5-inch and 15-inch touchscreen. You get 11.5 hours of standby time, but more keenly you get Fast Charging, about 80 percent of your full power in just an hour. That means if you're running low between classes, you can charge up quickly and know you won't miss your next Zoom lecture even if you've decided to take the class outside (mask on!) in the quad.

The 13.5-inch starts at $799.99, making the best budget option of the two here. And inside is a 10th Gen Intel Core quad-core processor. It's also configured at the basic level with 256GB, 8 GB RAM and Intel Wi-Fi 6 inside.

You can stream 4K, and gaming is possible at 1080p. This is of course a Windows and Microsoft 365 machine, so Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Teams and OneNote will all work easily as will Netflix, Spotify and Adobe Lightroom.

What else? The laptop weighs in at 2.79 pounds, not bad, has USB-A and USB-C ports, plus headphone jacks. There's also a face authentication camera, plus a front facing camera for video conferencing, dual far-field studio mics and Dolby Audio speakers.

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