Buy It
Our pick of products that have won the Buy It award
LAPTOP
Dell Inspiron 14 Plus
£899 from www.snipca.com/55245
Tested Issue 683
This is back as our favourite as its replacement, Asus’s Vivobook 16 Flip, seems to have sold out. It remains an excellent laptop, with a fast processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD and a 14in 2240x1400-pixel screen. Also recently discounted to £749.
ALTERNATIVE
PCSpecialist 16 Fusion British-made laptop with superb screen and built for advanced AI tasks. £981 from www.snipca.com/55094
DESKTOP PC
Palicomp AMD Cobra
£400 from www.snipca.com/43515
Tested Issue 643
This fast PC is a mouth-watering bargain, with 16GB of RAM, a 2TB SSD and a six-core processor – though it lacks USB-C ports and built-in Wi-Fi.
ALTERNATIVE
Wired2Fire Ultima WS Home Office Workstation Blisteringly fast PC, powered by an overclocked eight-core processor and 1TB SSD. £675 from www.snipca.com/41500
APPLE iPAD
Apple iPad 11
£329 from www.snipca.com/54887
Tested Issue 711
With a faster processor and increased storage (from 64GB to 128GB), the 2025 edition of the iPad is simply stunning. Battery life is over 11 hours, which is better than any other iPad, including more expensive models.
ALTERNATIVE
iPad mini 7 The 2024 version of the mini improves the colour accuracy on the 8.3in screen and has a more powerful processor. £499 from www.snipca.com/52573