Looking for ultrabook recommendation

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I am curious if anyone has bought an ultrabook recently. I find myself travelling more than usual and needing something fairly light to carry in addition to my work-issued laptop.
I am looking for something with these specs:
- i5 or i7
- at least 8GB RAM
- at least 256GB HD
- around 2.5 lbs.
- Win 10
- no interest in touch anything
So far I'm looking at HP Spectre, Dell XPS 13, Asus Zenbook, and Lenovo Carbon X1. If you have any good or bad experiences let's hear them.
I am looking for something with these specs:
- i5 or i7
- at least 8GB RAM
- at least 256GB HD
- around 2.5 lbs.
- Win 10
- no interest in touch anything
So far I'm looking at HP Spectre, Dell XPS 13, Asus Zenbook, and Lenovo Carbon X1. If you have any good or bad experiences let's hear them.
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(In all seriousness, the only beef I have with ultrabooks is the lackluster keyboards/touchpads if you are going to do a lot of typing/browsing.)
If you want a swaggy display and are willing to pay a little more then this is a decent price:
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The first time I tried the first gen Surface Book i wasn't too enthusiastic about it but that was probably because I kept hearing about the screen or GPU issues.
I went to a Microsoft store last weekend and I fell in love with it now though. Was going to get a Macbook Pro but I can't get excited about current lineup of Apple laptops. The Surface Book will replace my iPad and my aging desktop at home.
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https://www3.lenovo.com/il/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x-series/ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-6th-Gen/p/22TP2TXX16G
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That said, I mainly work with Linux, with personal projects in Python, and occasionally help people with Java based projects, so Windows is kind of useless to me. Running Linux as your main OS screws your battery life, takes it out back, and shoots it, and you can't run any nice software since it's only available for Windows or Mac.
I know a few people with Zenbooks, and I wouldn't buy one. The trackpad is pretty atrocious to the point of being barely usable.
I'm also extra impressed with my MBP now... Spilled beer on it last week and thought it was toast after it died literally as I was giving it first aid with paper towels.
... then plugged it in yesterday for one final try before taking it into a store and preparing to shell out my kidney for repairs. Voila! It works like a charm, except for some keys being a little sticky.
I too think the MBP is the best overall laptop. I'm actually going to pick up a 13" to use just for dev stuff. I've tried to do things with virtualization on my primary MBP 15" but I decided to just keep Windows and MacOS separate and picked up an SP4. I love the SP4. It's an amazing device.
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