Up to $1000 US - Multitasking Laptop

LAPTOP QUESTIONNAIRE

Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase. Please do not use USD unless purchasing in the US:

Up to $1000 maximum but would prefer $750 or less all else being equal, don't want to spend more just to spend more

Are you open to refurbs/used?

Yes

How would you prioritize form factor (ultrabook, 2-in-1, etc.), build quality, performance, and battery life?

1. Build Quality, 2. Performance, 3. Battery, 4. Form Factor

How important is weight and thinness to you?

Slightly important, nice to have but not critical

Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A.

N/A

Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run.

May do some slight image editing in GIMP, primarily to make maps for my D&D campaign. Won't be gaming on this laptop really

If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

N/A

Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)?

At least 16 gb of RAM,

Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

Would like a decent screen >1080p, refresh rate is unimportant but quality is. If it matters I don't really like modern versions of Windows much so I am likely to want to switch whatever I get over to running a Linux distro. A good backlit keyboard would be a nice to have. Also want to note that I will likely do some light coding on this laptop in case it influences suggestions but probably nothing too intense.