Agreed. I am jealous that the LG Gram 14" is 2.2 lbs, and they have a 17.3" that is 2.95 lbs. Now these devices are lacking a touchscreen and there may be better laptops out there on the weight and battery front, but seriously it is amazing how much
screen, power you cram into something that is that small.
I know how important the weight is, but based on my experience with the XPS 12, that's mostly true for the convertibles.
If it was even 3lbs rather than 3.5lbs, I think it would have been a much better device. The swinging hinge was actually quite solid though. Too bad they didn't continue it after Haswell. Actually regarding weight/battery life/convertible balance, the HP Dragonfly with the Cometlake option seems to be the best. 38WHr version at 2.2lbs and 56WHr version at 2.5lbs. Get Tigerlake and maybe.
Even getting an i7 might have been an overkill. I realized i5 would have been more than enough considering just setting the power settings wrong meant I wouldn't get full performance.
Touch screen is also a big deal for me. It's just another way of interacting with the device, plus it enables pen. An external mice is an option but oftentimes it'll prevent the CPU from going into lower C states often or even at all.
And I say this even though I prefer the 11.6 to 13.3" screen size if it has a keyboard.
Personally, I'd like it smaller. Maybe its because of the way I think. Growing up during the 90's, having a Windows device in a 10-inch form factor is a big bling factor for me. Actually some were smaller, but 10-inch is about the limit. I could go for 11-inch too.
I'm leaning towards a Lakefield device it looks like.
Windows 10X UI:
That looks really nice ok? Way better than stupid tiles, that take up too much space and need you to scroll too much. It's similar to Android/iOS and actually going back to the roots of Windows and its icons without making it clunky for a Tablet.