Laptop for CS - Europe

[Hexin]

I am currently in the market for a new laptop at around 1400 - 1700 USD (so a little over 1000 USD in the US due to EU duties). As I'll be moving to the UK for uni, I don't care in what country I buy the laptop (whether UK or Czechia)
I don't really plan to game on it and most heavy machine learning tasks can be done over cloud computing (all heil google collab), so I believe quadcore U-type intel chips should be fine for my needs. 
Expectations: 

To last me a couple of years (3-4) without becoming sluggish.
i5/i7-u quad-core processors should suffice for whatever I wish to do
8+ gigs of ram, ideally upgradable, but I guess 8 could do the job.
256+GB ssd 
good battery life
not too sure about weight, but anything under 1.5kg seems reasonable. 
Love using split-screen in windows, so 14-inch display would be really cool after struggling with split-screen on 13.3" laptop, though I could do with a 13" laptop if it had something to extra to offer.
a backlit keyboard is a must after my current laptop without it. 

 

Currently, I'm considering the following ones though I am open to recommendations: 
Thinkpad T490 - godlike keyboard, seems to be quite resilient, 14", upgradable ram/SSD  
Huawei matebook x Pro - 14" glory, though I don't seem to be able to purchase the 2019 model and don't want to buy an outdated one at this price. 

huawei matebook 13 - pretty decent value I suppose
Surface laptop 2 - 3:2 14" screen is beautiful, the keyboard seems alright, miss USB-C/thunderbolt 3, but I guess I can embrace the dongle life with it's USB 3.0
dell XPS 13 - Everyone seems to love this one, but it just doesn't attract me. I/O is great and love thunderbolt 3 support, but the keyboard seemed to have a really weird spacing. (9380 is very expensive here, i5, 8GB ram and 256GB ssd comes to 1760 USD)

I've also thought about the surface pro 6, but I pretty much haven't taken any notes throughout highschool (IB) and preferred learning from online materials/study guides, so I guess this trend will follow at uni.




 

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, Hexin said:

around 1400 - 1700 USD

Get business grade laptops since you have the budget, eg Thinkpad P/T/X series, Latitude 7000 series, Elitebook 800 series (non convertible models)

[Hexin]

4 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Get business grade laptops since you have the budget, eg Thinkpad P/T/X series, Latitude 7000 series, Elitebook 800 series (non convertible models)

Due to EU import tariffs everything is more expensive. P-series start at around 2200USD here. The only sub 2k USD X-series is X390, which is okay I guess. As for the T-series, T490 is one of my main contenders, so will give this one additional points.