Buying a laptop for AI programming and probably training

[mafioso]

I'm going overseas next month and I cannot carry my PC with me (that's too much of hassle). So I'm planning on buying a laptop that is pretty good, at least enough for me to do multitasking and coding (very important). If it could train at occasional time (or bed time), that would be awesome. I guess I would be able to access the lab's server so rendering at work is a no brainer.

My question is would it be better of buying a 2nd hand XPS, or 2nd hand Macbook, Thinkpad, or any kind of gaming laptop? My budget would be around 800-1000USD (that would be plus tax if it comes to my country as brand new - I'm currently in Vietnam). 

Thank you for coming by.

[genexis_x]

Where do you want to buy the laptop?

 

Any preference on weight and battery life?

[mafioso]

9 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Where do you want to buy the laptop?

 

Any preference on weight and battery life?

I'm buying it from Vietnam, bro.

Preferably lightweight and with good trackpad/kbd and good screen, good battery is optional

[genexis_x]

9 minutes ago, mafioso said:

I'm buying it from Vietnam, bro.

Preferably lightweight and with good trackpad/kbd and good screen, good battery is optional

Any links of online stores?

Max weight preferred in kg/lbs?

[mafioso]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Any links of online stores?

Max weight preferred in kg/lbs?

Yo sure there are bros here in Hanoi I'm looking for a deal at hanoicomputer.com.vn but in fact they have quite narrow choices, some decent Dell, HP and Lenovo Thinkpad but I'm still not with them that much. At the moment I'm putting an eye on this boy:

https://mac24h.vn/mll42-macbook-pro-retina-13-inch-core-i5-16gb-256gb-ssd-new-97.html

[genexis_x]

Results from hanoicomputer:

Asus UX461UA

Asus UX430UA/UN/UF

Asus UX410UF

Asus UX331UAL/UN

 

All with non-upgradable RAM and good display. Keyboard not that great though