Narrowing down my choice of a new laptop

• Total budget and country of purchase: USA, trying to keep it under around 1k plus or minus some.
• Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. Must be 2 in 1, touch screen.
• How important is weight and thinness to you? not terribly important, some preference to the thin
• Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. Windows
• Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. 13 inches
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Some light sketching with a pen potentially, as a hobby, not work related. Some gaming from the windows store (Froza and other Xbox Play Anywhere titles). I will also do some PDF markups.
• If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want to run. Forza, The Witcher, etc... nothing to demanding, I'm not overly picky about my graphics and trust my current options will suffice. Gaming is not make-or-break, just a plus.
• Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? Touch screen a must, ability to fold in half to tablet mode or screen detach to tablet mode a must.

• Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion.

  I'm looking at a 13" surface book 2, a surface pro (either the new 6, or a slightly used 4/5, there's a few that companies in the area listed that were just used for demos and are in great condition for around $500). I've also taken notice to the HP Spectre X360, Lenovo Yoga 720 of the Yogabook. I want this laptop to last for awhile, one of my concerns with the surface pro's is the lack of thunderbolt 3 and USBC - though I'm told there is a USBC adapter. I'm not even sure if I will need USB-C, but it sounds like I might in the future and I want to future-proof. I'll hightlight that the gaming ability is a nice perk but won't be extensively used, not something I would miss if not possible on a Surface Pro. I'm leaning towards snagging a good used Surface pro 4/5 - and then selling/upgrading to a new one when the next comes of if necessary.

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Thanks in advance!

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