Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i 14" $1,187.10 (OOS), Thinkpad E14 Gen 2 $908.10 Shipped, Thinkpad E495 $629.10 (Sold Out) @ Lenovo Education

Going back to school? Here's a bunch of laptops that I recommend looking at. You will need to login to the Education Portal (.edu email address domain may be needed to signup, although I'm sure some of you know your way around it)

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Out of Stock

Price: $1,187.10 (BACK2SCHOOL)

Notes: Thin but somewhat powerful laptop with a discrete Nvidia graphics card that can handle some very light gaming as well as providing some CUDA acceleration for Adobe software. The 300nit IPS display is a strong point. Unfortunately, this is the loser-spec configuration with only 8GB of soldered memory — can't upgrade it. Thankfully all of your system memory is usable as there's a discrete GPU with 2GB VRAM.

Lenovo Thinkpad E495

Price: $629.10 (BACK2SCHOOL)

(Now Sold Out)

It might seem cheap — but the value on this laptop is not particularly great for a bunch of reasons: there's no backlit keyboard, the CPU is a little outdated (Ryzen 3000 mobile is actually based on Ryzen 2000 desktop parts), and it's a retired / obsolete model, but I'm including it because it has the lowest price-point I've seen on a Thinkpad E-series. Okay for students with a limited budget or if you want something more reliable than a Ryzen 3500u Acer Aspire 5 from Amazon. Here is a short review of the laptop by another Ozbargain user

Lenovo Thinkpad E14 Gen 2 with Intel 11th Generation CPU

Price: $908.10 (BACK2SCHOOL)

Notes: This is the all-rounder, Jack of all trades workhorse laptop that most of you are already familiar with. It doesn't shine at any particular area apart from its build quality which is above average. The display is also mediocre at just 250nits. The processor is Intel's latest 11-th generation with improved Integrated graphics as well as integrated Thunderbolt 4 support.