Laptop under $1200

[simenhvidstenpedersen]

I move around alot and so I want a laptop that I can take on the road and use at home to play games (not neccesary though, seeing as I have Xbox One X and PS4), watch youtube, netflix, listen to music etc. and also be able to write longer essays and stuff from college. My last laptop was a 17" gaming laptop bought in 2015 (Lenovo y70-70) and while it was great to use at home I was getting tired of taking it to college (1+ hour trip each way every day on the bus) because it weight 3.4 kg.

I'm from Norway and most computers are expensive here, but on Monday one store will have some great deals:

Which one would you buy? as a student money is also a factor, so I don't want to go for the most expensive just because it cost more if it's not that much better than the rest (I was thinking about Huawei Matebook X pro, but it's just a bit to expensive

1. HP Pavilion Power (gaming laptop)

Normal Price: $1005

Sale: $650

15.6"

i5-8300H, 4 cores

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

1TB HDD and 128GB SSD

8GB RAM DDR4

1920 x 1080

2.2 kg

2. Surface Pro (2017)

Normal Price: $1064

Sale: $828

12.3"

i5-7300U, 2 cores

Intel HD Graphics 620

128GB SSD

8GB RAM LPDDR3

2736 x 1824

1.06 kg

3. HP Spectre x360 (2017)

Normal Price: $1775

Sale: $1183

13.3"

i5-8250U, 4 cores

Intel UHD Graphics 620

256GB SSD

8GB RAM DDR3

1920 x 1080

1.29 kg

4. Asus Zenbook 13 (ux331un version)

Normal Price: $1183

Sale: $828

13.3"

i5-8250U, 4 cores

NVIDIA GeForce MX150 with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM + Intel UHD Graphics 620

256GB SSD

8GB RAM LPDDR3

1920 x 1080

1.12 kg

5. HP Pavilion 14 (can't find US version, but called bf187no in Norway, it is the 2018 version)

Normal Price: $1064

Sale: $526

14"

i5-8250U, 4 cores

Intel UHD Graphics 620

256GB M2.SATA SSD

8GB RAM DDR4

1920 x 1080

1.53 kg

 

[vapour]

# 4 as a good balance between performance and portability

I will get #1 anytime