HP Envy x360 13

Right now my top picks are the HP Envy x360 and Thinkpad L13 Yoga. Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase.

HP Omen 15 (if you want some more gaming/hardware power... you can try to find it on sale for around $1000/1100)... has a nicer keyboard and build design than most of the other "gaming laptops" (that aren't Lenovo), good (but not amazing) screen, power, thermals, and is more quiet than others. HP Envy x360 is a nicely built machine, and super-portable, at a low price, if you want something a little more simple, sleek, 3:2 screen ratio, and power enough to get most basic tasks done efficiently (and really nice touch screen response, if you wanted that). Acer Swift and Aspire series all had nice feeling keyboards, just a tad lighter/shallower than Lenovo's I think. Asus VivoBook had a really nice feeling keyboard, and overall is a well made, slim laptop that is in that price range I think.

I needed something to replace my 5-year-old Lenovo Yoga and its woefully underpowered m5 CPU. I wanted something on the small side (< 15") with a touchscreen and a minimum of 16 GB RAM. I originally purchased an HP Envy x360 13", but after HP pushed back my ship date to nearly two months, and after reading about the hinge failures on that model, I decided to cancel.

I've been happy with the HP ENVY x360 13z-ay000. You can get the HP Tilt Pen and draw on the screen.

I would consider the 13inch HP ENVY x360 with Ryzen 7 4700U processor but it goes outside my budget a little too much for my liking ---. Total budget (in local currency) and country of purchase.