"This is a desktop replacement – not a machine for nomads"
Well if you're using a messenger bag, you are not a nomad, get a backpack.
At 2.34kg, that seems comparable to a T-series Thinkpad; a machine targeted at nomadic workers... Although like all 15.6-inch 16:9 laptops, they don't fit airline/train seatback tables anywhere as well as the older 15-inch 4:3 laptops. My Compaq Armada E500 weighed in at 3kg but went all over the world - it and the IBM T60 are the only laptops that stand out from 25 years of nomadic working...