Logitech's Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboards have long been the gold standard for Bluetooth keyboards because of their smooth, well-spaced keys, their adjustable key backlighting, their platform-specific layouts for Mac and Windows, and their ability to switch instantly between multiple paired devices.
The MX Master has five programmable buttons, a second (programmable) scroll wheel for your thumb, and a rechargeable battery, plus it can pair with up to three Bluetooth devices at the same time. You also get an audio jack for connecting your own set of speakers or headphones to the monitor (if your computer can pass audio signals over HDMI or DisplayPort), as well as five USB 3.0 ports-including one specialized for quick-charging devices (up to 1.5 amps).Īfter spending more than 100 hours testing 28 mice and 21 Bluetooth keyboards over the past year, we found that the Logitech MX Master is the best wireless mouse for home office professionals, and that Logitech's Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboard (for Mac or Windows) is the best Bluetooth keyboard. Many monitors have the DisplayPort input not as many have the output.
The U2715H has two HDMI 1.4 connections, one Mini DisplayPort 1.2 connection, and two standard DisplayPort 1.2 connections-one for going from your PC to your monitor, and the other for hooking up a second monitor to the first. No other 27-inch monitor we tested looked as good. Its factory-calibrated display is near-perfect, as we discovered when we tested it with a $1,200 X-Rite i1Pro 2 spectrophotometer and a $170 Spyder4 Pro colorimeter.
The 2560x1440 display is large enough to put two windows side by side, but not so high-resolution that you run into weird scaling issues.
It can tilt, swivel, and easily rotate from landscape to panel mode.
Its stand is among the most adjustable we've found, which is crucial for a monitor you're going to spend hundreds (or even thousands) of hours looking at every year. It has a beautiful 27-inch IPS display and ultrathin side bezels that make the screen look even larger. The Dell UltraSharp U2715H is the best large monitor for your home office. It's the best option for anyone who needs more ruggedness and more ports than an ultrabook can offer. It even has batteries you can swap in and out while the system remains running. It has dedicated buttons for the TrackPoint and one of the best keyboards of any laptop, period.
But if you need a laptop that will still be kicking in five years despite knocks, bumps, and spills, and you're willing to pay a little extra, you should get the Lenovo ThinkPad T450s, specifically the configuration with a 1080p screen, a backlit keyboard, 12 GB of RAM, and a 512GB solid-state drive.Īfter more than 30 hours of research and testing, we found that the ThinkPad T450s is fast and durable while still being reasonably light, thanks to its magnesium-alloy body. Most people, even actual businesspeople, don't need a " business laptop" anymore-any ultrabook (such as the MacBook Air or Dell XPS 13) will do just fine for most office work. And if you ever have a problem, AppleCare plans and Apple's Genius Bar Support are peerless in their quality. In addition to its fantastic hardware, the MacBook Pro with Retina Display runs Apple's stable, easy-to-use, bloat-free OS X.