1. Preferred Brand : Asus, Acer, any la, good brand name can d
2. Budget : RM 1k-1.5k
3. Usage : Normal Office, presentation, surfing the web, not so much on custom apps, music, movies and lastly, NOT ON GAMING
4. Preferred laptop/screen size : >=11"
5. Additional requests: Screen must be clear, must be light (<1kg if possible), long battery life, have video out ports for presentations and hdmi ports.

Those are great, but it doesn't come with Office. Which I will need to pay another 200 bucks for it (I don't trust pirated softwares due to bad experiences). As well as 50 bucks for Antivirus (I don't trust free antivirus due to bad experiences as well)

How does the laptops recommended above stand an advantage over Surface 2? I don't mind not running full windows cause I don't really use custom apps like photoshop etc. And I am very focused on the screen resolution and pixel density cause I use it for movies, Youtube and other video viewing activities (Surface runs at resolution of 1920x1080 and pixel density of 208 dpi). As well as battery life cause I use it in colleges and Uni which I don't really want to charge everytime (Surface 2 have approximately 10 hours of battery life during video playback)

Well, I don't want to make myself addicted to games again, so I basically "donated" my desktop to my sister and just want to have basic applications and a super clear screen with long battery life. And btw, I requested a >=11", not >11.6"

I already have a 500gb and a 1tb external hdd, so storage wont be a problem. Planning to buy a 64gb microsd card too.

Surface 2 is still not out yet, but I am already aiming for it, just dropping by here to see is there any laptops that will change my mind. It is pre-installed with Microsoft Office 2013 RT. It is 10.6" in size, slightly smaller than my requirements but its resolution and pixel density covered that flaw. It does have a HD video out port, a microHDMI port and a USB 3.0 port though. I do have spare adapters to adapt it to suitable hardwares for video output (not trying to promote Surface 2 here )

Anyways, thank you T.J for your recommendations, you are truly the laptop specialist in LYN that my friends have been mentioning on and on again. And also thank you xproc for listing out the differences between a laptop and a tablet, as well as recommending me something new

Btw, do you 2 have shops in LYP? Or anywhere in KL/Subang/PJ? Maybe I can pay a visit to your shops some day?

Hmm, we riot the streets and ask for a refund xD

Anyway, gratz for your promotion to Dr.