The ThinkPad T490 continues the ThinkPad T-series' reputation for excellence among business notebooks. Don't let its all-business aesthetic throw you off, as this is a perfectly capable home or student laptop as well. Its combination of build quality, security features, and input devices make it an ideal tool to get things done. It also has an impressive number of display choices, like the super-bright WQHD screen on our review unit. Its reasonable pricing further sweetens the deal, putting it several hundred dollars below competing HP EliteBook and Dell Latitude models. Its 10-plus-hour battery life isn't exceptional these days, but it's hardly an inadequate amount of time off the plug.