Teensy plastic shields are the big new thing in 2018's laptop crop

Webcam shields, security integration, USB-C and micro-desktops are the moderately hot spots for the PC industry

The PC market may be in decline but someone is going to buy about 300 million of them this year. And because The Register knows that plenty of our readers are responsible for PC purchasing, deployment and maintenance " here we are with our annual guide to what's new and notable among the new models from HP, Lenovo and Dell, the top three PC vendors."