Lightweight Laptop Recommendations (Macbook Air Rivals)

[Rexxar]

I'm looking for a rival to the macbook air. Mainly because i want to stick with windows, or this would have been a really easy choice!

I'm not in the apple ecosystem at all , so the benefits of that also don't apply.

I'm looking for something that's reasonably light, good on battery life, has a decent screen, and won't get too hot - because i want to be able to use it actually on my lap.

I've been looking at the Thinkpad T series (Maybe a Gen 2 or Gen 3) and also Dell Latitudes (5440) - Both run intel chips , 1345u is one i've seen in both, but there are others, all U chips.

Is there something else i should be looking at? I'd quite like to keep a proper ethernet port if possible, but i already have a dongle so it's not that big of a deal.

Any recommendations please? Or Reasons For/Against the two i've already looked at above?

 

[Rexxar]

Thanks for the replies so far, I should have said i'm looking at buying a used/refurb unit at between £6-900 which rules out the likes of meteor lake etc.

Only reason for comparison to a macbook air is because they run cool and have good battery life.

Surface may be worth a look , I'm deliberately avoiding anything with an integrated touchpad as there's something i don't like about them, maybe i'm just a dinosaur!

I'm surprised to see so many positive recommendations for dell. Looking at the Dell Outlet, Their pricing is pretty competitive.