Supplementary laptop for home desktop

Hi,

Pretty soon I'll have to give back my current work laptop when I finish up in December, so am trying to start shopping around for something to replace it. On top of that the current laptop is starting to overheat and show its age (old Dell Vostro 3300) so worried about it acting up while typing my thesis.

I already own a decent desktop at home, so what I'm mainly looking for is something portable for when I'm away from home, for watching movies, browsing the web, running office programs, and at most playing WoW or LoL when visiting friends, on the lowest settings I can get away with. In the past my experience with laptops has involved them being noisy, very hot, batteries not lasting more than an hour, etc. While I do play games, given I already own a desktop I'm not looking for something necessarily with dedicated graphics, just enough to get by. Also aware that dedicated graphics drink battery and add heat/weight problems, and price, kinda defeating the purpose of an out and about laptop. So unless I'm being completely unreasonable with thinking I can get away with using integrated graphics, I'm ok with it.

General Questions

1) What is your budget?
<€1000, the cheaper the better obviously

2) What size notebook would you prefer?

Thin and Light; 13" - 14" screen
3) Where will you buying this notebook? You can select the flag of your country as an indicator.

I'm buying from Ireland, but have been looking at PC Specialist (so cheap )

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?

No preferences, once it works
5) Would you consider laptops that are refurbished/redistributed?

Yes

6) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook?

Word processing, web browsing, movie watching, world of warcrafting.

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

It'll be moving about with me to and from work, to conferences etc.

8) Will you be playing games on your notebook? If so, please state which games or types of games?

nothing more intensive than WoW, LoL, age of empires, on the lowest settings that I can get 20-30 fps even on.

9) How many hours of battery life do you need?

2-3 hours while browsing web or watching movies. Gaming can be done plugged in.

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?

Online is preferable, outlets in Ireland are incredibly overpriced

11) What OS do you prefer? Windows (Windows 7 / 8), Mac OS, Linux, etc.

Windows 10

Screen Specifics

12) From the choices below, what screen resolution(s) would you prefer?

720p upwards.

13) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?

Matte ideally due to the environment I work in, but no real preference.

Build Quality and Design

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

As long as it's not obviously flimsy and cheap, no.

15) When are you buying this laptop?

Within the next two months.

16) How long do you want this laptop to last?

As long as possible. I normally burn through laptops due to overuse, but with my desktop this should only see light use, maybe a few days a week.

Notebook Components

17) How much hard drive space do you need? Do you want a SSD drive?

SSD is essential, I've become reliant. 250GB is plenty

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

Nope

Thanks for any help or advice you can provide!

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Supplementary laptop for home desktop