QuoteAt 2.6 kg, customers are likely going to have a tough time hauling the laptop around in a backpack, which is to be expected from an 18-inch laptop.

2.6 kg is so heavy to have a tough time? Really? Not that long ago, and I mean 5-7 years ago, that was categorised as fairly light, so did everyone grow extremely weak since then, muscle atrophy and such?

That's 1.3 kg over each shoulder, hardly noticeable unless one proudly carries a literal toddler-like body physique.