Used to work as a barista in Australia. If your friends can afford, i think they can go for the higher end ones as those machines will be able to extract the taste of the coffee better than the cheap ones while the steam ward will have higher pressure to produce better steamed milk. The cheap 2-3k ones, the coffee shots extracted feels much weaker.

Still, back to topic, I am just looking for options for:

1. Preferred Brand: Asus, Gigabyte, MSI. Must have nVidia GPU.
2. Budget: Not more than 3.5k.
3. Usage: mainly AutoCAD drafting and Office with maybe a bit of gaming with newer touch screen supported games like XCOM Enemy Unknown, Civilization V, Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed to old games like C&C Generals or Dawn of War 1.
4. Preferred laptop/screen size: Up to 15.3 inch. Not more than 2kg if possible. Must have touch screen, heard Win 8 is more bearable with it.

Additional Information: Something with similar specs to a Razer Edge slate where it has a touch screen with ULV version of i7 and an nVidia 650M GPU. Better if there is one that is similar to a Surface Pro, if not ultrabook form factor is ok too.

I know Asus has one with similar specs as Razer Edge but in ultrabook form factor.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Still are there any 13 inch ones with touch screen, i7 and 650M/740M GPU?

Reposting my requirements below:
1. Preferred Brand: Asus, Gigabyte, MSI. Must have nVidia GPU and uses Intel i7.
2. Budget: Not more than 3.5k.
3. Usage: mainly AutoCAD drafting and Office with maybe a bit of gaming with newer touch screen supported games like XCOM Enemy Unknown, Civilization V, Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed to old games like C&C Generals or Dawn of War 1. 640M/750M should run them fairly alright and it is slightly weaker than my G73JH so similar performance but much smaller form factor.
4. Preferred laptop/screen size: 13.3 or 15.3 inch. Not more than 3kg if possible. Must have touch screen, heard Win 8 is more bearable with it.

Additional Information: I am looking for something with similar specs to a Razer Edge slate where it has a touch screen with ULV version of i7 and an nVidia 650M GPU as my secondary laptop for mobility so that I can bring it to meetings, not my 4kg monster. Since Razer Edge is not sold in Malaysia and I dont trust Razer's QA after my Onza broke in one year. Better if there is one that is similar to a Surface Pro, if not ultrabook form factor is ok too.

Ahaha, thanks man. I'll look out for them, as I better buy them soon before GST comes.

Hopefully the new iPad Mini wil be released before GST.