General Use Laptop for Wife - Roughly $1,600 USA

Country USA Budget Roughly $1,600 but open to going up or down Are you open to refurbs/used options? No Screen size 14-16 Weight limit Any, but light enough to comfortably use on lap Purpose General purpose, occasional light development work Form factor Standard Intended usage Typical browser-heavy work, occasionally using Jetbrains IDEs (Android Studio) Desired battery life 8? Is that reasonable? Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life Size and weight are important in the sense that she typically uses her laptop on her lap on the couch, only occasionally using it on her desk. Performance is important because it's replacing an Asus ZenBook that has slowed down to being unusable, but no dedicated GPU is necessary. Battery probably least so but is a great-to-have. Info/Requirements She's used to Windows and would prefer to stick with that. I'd like it to have either 32gb ram or 16gb with an expandable slot. A processor that is fast enough to last for years is also quite important. Overall, we're willing to pay a bit more for a good machine that will last a while. A good keyboard and trackpad are very necessary, since the laptop won't spend much time docked. Bonus points if we can get it from Costco but that doesn't really matter.