> easily one of the best trackpads in its price range
Offtopic, but I have the same model and the trackpad is atrocious! And the wifi disconnects every 15 minutes.
And I got it from microsoft store as a signature edition model.
On the positive side, it is extremely lightweight and the battery lasts for a long time.
I read some reviews stating your issue, but i took a chance and i couldn't have been more satisfied. Please do check if you could replace your model since yours is a signature edition model.
I would also like to add, that i was impressed with system76 laptops. I seriously considered buying them, but i changed course since i was unsure of the after sales service since mine would come under international sales.
Btw, i get about 10 hours of battery usage :)
If its mostly browsing, music, documentation and a bit of development - then a netbook would meet all your requirements. I bought myself an asus x205ta laptop, and can't recommend it enough. It has good build quality, and has one of the best screens at its price range.
Weighs less than 1 kg (~980 gms), A 11.6 screen size, easily one of the best trackpads in its price range, full chiclet style keyboard, 2GB ram that can easily handle a dozen open tabs.. Although the built-in storage is a mere 32GB of which approx. 20GB is available to the user. This can be expanded with a microsd card. As i said, it all depends on your use cases. For me, this is the laptop with the right tradeoffs ( tradeoffs i was willing to give up anyway ).
Did i mention, the sound quality is good too. No usb 3.0 though.
I have setup vagrant on this machine and ssh into it to do any linux stuff ( am a sys admin and i like to have a terminal to try out stuff / setup local dev environment ).