Well.. it's not entirely without reason that Japanese retailers promote Japanese brands. I bought a NEC laptop in Japan some years ago, and I haven't been able

Well.. it's not entirely without reason that Japanese retailers promote Japanese brands. I bought a NEC laptop in Japan some years ago, and I haven't been able to find an equivalent one anywhere else since then. Screen: 13.3" Battery: 10 hours (and yes it works in practice) Weight: 730 grams. And very thin. 2440xsomething display. That weight.. and battery time.. I didn't have to bring a charger so it was so easy and lightweight to carry to a day-long hacking session at the coffee shop. And the Japanese non-US keyboard gave me enough keys to remap to my normal non-US layout. Super happy with that one. I actually bought an almost similar NEC for my wife, the difference is only that hers has "just" HD resolution, and it has a (very functional) touch screen, and can be wrapped around to make a tablet (mine can open up 180 degrees, i.e. flat), and it's slightly heavier - just above 800 grams. The negative with both is that the built-in sound is weak and thin. But one fatal evening I managed to feed one of the USB ports with 12V, via a non-protected powered USB hub (damn adapters looking exactly the same..), which blew something inside which I never managed to fix (I should add that another plus of the laptop is that is's so easy to open, if you want to e.g. upgrade the M.2) But I can't find an equivalent replacement outside Japan. Going back there soon I hope, so will look for the current model of my old one. My (European) company-provided laptop is also Japanese: Fujitsu. In general it's very good, though not as lightweight as my private NEC. In the past we used HP and other brands of laptop at work, I much prefer the Fujitsu.