i suggest buy an external monitor, the small ones on laptops sux ass,

and while you are at it, buy an external keyboard too.

HDD space is not a big deal these days, you can always buy an external USB HDD,

brand is also largely irrelevant.

 

what is important is many USB ports and a good video card,

that can not be retrofitted

 

 

Well the laptop I am looking for is for travelling, will not use it when home.

Have a good desktop PC in the house with a 28" 4k monitor.

3 hours ago, tropo said:

All warranty issues and servicing is done through official service centers, even if you bought it in a shop - it makes no difference.

Good point.

Well I ordered a Asus from Amazon, this one:

ASUS ZenBook 13 Ultra-Slim Laptop, 13.3” Full HD, 8th gen Intel i5-8250U Processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB M.2 SSD, Backlit keyboard, Fingerprint Reader, Windows 10, Grey, UX330UA-AH55.

I don't want a Thai keyboard and similar Asus models I saw in local shops was with older gen processors and at higher prices, I paid 700$. 

Okay I paid 146$ in import duty on top but expect to get app 100$ back later on as I did when I bought a Lenovo tablet from them last year.

 

Above laptop is a good buy for me, light & small but still fairly powerful for photo editing on the go. 

The similar spec Dell I was looking at didn't have full sized SD card reader but a mini one (not good for me), lid was not aluminum but a flimsy plastic one, shorter battery life.  

Getting it next week, so looking forward to that.