If you are travelling and buying for that purpose, I would suggest going "Second User".

The reason being that a beat-up Lappy is unlikely to get stolen, whereas a shiny new one will be a target for every Airport Loading Bay Attendant that there is.

So, a Second User Ultrabook of the highest Spec that you can find. Don't worry about the exact specification and if you don't like it that much, sell it on when you return.

I have bought some items from the CeX group of stores, good thing is you get a years warranty.They have a couple of ultra books i am interested in.

I do a fair amount of travelling, and I take lots of photographs - also with a Canon camera.

If I'm working I generally take a ThinkPad because it's light, and does everything I need for business on the move.

If it's a holiday trip I take my Acer netbook which easily handles anything I throw at it. I use USB memory sticks for my images, and do any editing when I get home. You might be better advised to take the netbook route - much easier to carry, and surprisingly capable. I really like mine.

Mind you, I take my iPad everywhere as well,but I'm a bit of a geek, so I would.

our netbook goes everywhere, excellent battery use, ok for photos etc. only bad point 1g of RAM can slow it down at times especially when using ms office starter edition.

so much easier than a larger laptop, carry an external dvd drive to play dvd's on planes to pass the time.