Looking for a thin and light laptop with excellent battery life

[atled]

Hey everyone. Here's my criteria for a laptop for school, hopefully you guys can help me find it.

 

Must be on Best Buy's website since I'm going to finance it. Budget is around $1399 max.

 

• Battery life is a high priority. 6 hours or more of video/writing.
• Must be thin and light with 2 in 1 functionality. I'll be using Windows Ink a lot for note taking so that's a must have. Could be detachable like a Surface.
• Must be less than 15.6" 1080p minimum
• i5-i7 preferably. Doesn't have to be quad core. Not looking to do gaming other than basic indie games.
• 8gb RAM minimum
• 128gb SSD is doable however 256gb would be nice.
• Build quality is also a high priority. The keyboard has to be something I'll enjoy typing on and doing school work with. (Surface laptops are pretty much the standard in build quality I'd like. Not sure if there's others as good.)
• I/O doesn't really matter since I'd use a bluetooth mouse if necessary.
• The weight and size is a high priority. I'm coming from a thick and heavy laptop and I want this to be something I'll barely notice when it's in my bag.

 

Thanks guys!

[Damascus]

18 minutes ago, atled said:

I'm going to finance it

Dell finances as well, get a decent 8gb RAM, dual core i5 and 128GB ssd (extra 50 bucks for 256gb) for 1399 or 1449 256gb ssd.  add the $43 back and its $1402 with zero interest if payed back in 12 months

 

XPS 13 has 11/10 build quality as well btw

 

http://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/dell-laptops-netbooks-and-tablets/xps-13/spd/xps-13-9360-laptop/nxps139360_bt_s2e

[atled]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

Dell finances as well, get a decent and highly upgradeable 4gb RAM, dual core i3 and 128GB 

 

Max they'll do is 18 months on Alienware and 12 months everything else. Best Buy'll do 18 months on everything in the price range I'm looking at.

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, atled said:

Max they'll do is 18 months on Alienware and 12 months everything else. Best Buy'll do 18 months on everything in the price range I'm looking at.

Refresh the pag, you may be convinced anyways if you can get everything on your list for a mere 1402

[Damascus]

Best buy XPS 13 (they only have 2 in 1 for your bracket)

Solid with best buy, go for it!

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-xps-2-in-1-13-3-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-256gb-solid-state-drive-silver/5711031.p?skuId=5711031

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-xps-2-in-1-13-3-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-256gb-solid-state-drive-silver/5744101.p?skuId=5744101

[atled]

36 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Best buy XPS 13 (they only have 2 in 1 for your bracket)

Solid with best buy, go for it!

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-xps-2-in-1-13-3-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-256gb-solid-state-drive-silver/5711031.p?skuId=5711031

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-xps-2-in-1-13-3-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-256gb-solid-state-drive-silver/5744101.p?skuId=5744101

Alright so after watching a few reviews on that it seems like I may want to sacrifice the 2-1 to get something with a little bit more power. I think I'll need that more than the 2-1 since I'm going into CIT courses and will probably have to run virtual machines. Not sure if the Y processors can handle that as much as I want. Screen size can be upgraded to 15.6" max.

With that being said, anything with a U or HQ processor that'd fit the criteria of a thin and light? Might be able to squeeze the budget up to like $1599 if that could make it happen.

[Pendragon]

4 hours ago, atled said:

With that being said, anything with a U or HQ processor that'd fit the criteria of a thin and light? Might be able to squeeze the budget up to like $1599 if that could make it happen.

any of the new ulv quad cores with an mx150. 

[Arika]

Lenovo yoga 720. Either the 13 or 15. 15 comes with a gtx1050.

 

Or the hp spectre x360

 

Both are 2 in 1s with active pens. The Lenovo uses Wacom which is great for drawing and art. The HP uses N-trig like the surface line, still good but not as good as Wacom imo

[NumLock21]

It's better to go to the store and check it out personally. The pictures on the website can only tell so much.