Replacement for Thinkpad X200T as Primary Machine

Please find my responses below

General Questions

1) What is your budget?
$2400

2) What size notebook would you prefer?
12" -13"
3) Where will you buying this notebook? You can select the flag of your country as an indicator.
US

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
a. Like: Thinkpad
b. Dislike:
5) Would you consider laptops that are refurbished/redistributed?
Nope

6) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook?
Primary system, largely for coding, VM's, some photo editing and very little video processing. I do draw occasionally on the current tablet.
I use 2 SSD's, one with windows and 1 with Unix setup and swap them depending on what I am working on. I at times work with Macs but that's only for compiling and pushing code through store.

7) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places, leaving it on your desk or both?
Yes, almost daily.

8) Will you be playing games on your notebook? If so, please state which games or types of games?
Nope, may be some old ones now which can work with on board graphics.

9) How many hours of battery life do you need?
Would have connection handy most of the times, but yes more it is better it would be.

10) Would you prefer to see the notebooks you're considering before purchasing it or buying a notebook on-line without seeing it is OK?
OK

11) What OS do you prefer? Windows (Windows 7 / 8), Mac OS, Linux, etc.
Windows, Linux. I use Mac for very specific reasons but never really felt comfortable using it.

Screen Specifics

12) From the choices below, what screen resolution(s) would you prefer? Keep in mind screen size in conjunction with resolution will play a large role in overall viewing comfort level. Everyone is different. Some like really small text, while others like their text big and easy to read. (Scroll down to see screen resolution information.)
Do not need 4K screen but nice display with good color accuracy should do.

13) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen? (Scroll down to see explanations.)
Matter/non-glossy

Build Quality and Design

14) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
Nope

15) When are you buying this laptop?
In next couple of months

16) How long do you want this laptop to last?
My Thinkpad Tablet is from 2009, though I had few systems in rotation in between. But now this will be the only system. So I intend to get at least 3-4 years out it.

Notebook Components

17) How much hard drive space do you need? Do you want a SSD drive?
2 SSD's I have are 120GB and 256GB respectively, so can work with 256GB space. RAM would be more important for future proofing. 8GB would be minimum.

18) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a DVD Burner, Blu-ray Reader or Blu-Ray Burner?
Nope

I was looking at some of the options at hand and was really keen on seeing if I can use something like Surface Pro 4. Two concerns I have are battery life and keyboard quality. I haven't used a touch pad in over 10 years and using keyboard without Thinkpads red pointing stick feels odd. May be its again matter of getting used to. Other thing with modern slim design is lack of serviceability, upgrade to RAM and Drives. Please suggest.

Journey so far has been HP Pavillion DV6500T > Thinkpad T43 > Thinkpad X 200T (Still going Strong) > Mac Book Air 13 (Retired) > Thinkpad T 410/420 (Retired) > Thinkpad L440 (Returned, Didn't feel the same)

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Replacement for Thinkpad X200T as Primary Machine