The good battery life fails. Why? Every laptop I check seems to take a 6 hour battery down to 1 or less hours when gaming. Similar reductions seem to happen with heavy use. The XPS 13 is a favorite, CNET likes this one for more battery time. Then the light bleed seems to be on all LCDs. Maybe you have to wait for OLED.
http://www.cnet.com/products/dell-xps-13-non-touch-2015/
It seems to meet your price goal.
Bob
I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and I have around £1200 to spend, I could raise this slightly if necessary, but from what I've seen there's a lot out there within this price range.
I am a travelling photographer, so I have some rather specific requirements as to what I want from the machine.
It needs to be:
Lightweight
Good battery life
Fast, capable of running Adobe suite and various often numerous Chrome tabs etc
Maximum screen size 15" due to needing to fit in a specific bag
Ideally the screen would be well suited to photography and be useful outdoors in strong light situations
Now, everyone I've asked has recommended that I go for a Mac, however I've been Windows/Android since day one, so I'd prefer to stick with this for the time being. I don't really have the time or the energy for learning something new right now, and everything is pretty much set up how I want it so seems silly to change.
After looking around, the initial suggestion seems to be the Dell XPS 13, while 13" feels a little small to me, I'd much rather have a 15" screen in a 13" chassis than a 13" in an 11", it does seem like an incredible little machine.
Having read quite a lot of user comments with regards to the QHD+ screen, it almost seems like I might be better off going for the FHD (1920x1080) screen instead. Seems weird with photography but the compability of the QHD+ and the amount of issues that people have noted with them, I think it's maybe one step ahead of itself right now and I could do without light bleed etc affecting my images.
Here's the current Dell that seems best suited to my needs:
http://www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-13-9343...13-9343-laptop
If anyone else has any other suggestions, I'd be more than happy to listen, I'm also very interested in personal experiences with the QHD+/FHD differences.
Thanks in advance!

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