What laptop is light-weight, has good battery life, good looks and is recommended for home-use purposes?

What laptop is light-weight, has good battery life, good looks and is recommended for home-use purposes?

I will be utilizing the laptop primarily for browsing the web, chatting, etc.
I will also be playing MS Flight Sim.

What are the recommended minimum specifications, in terms of:
1. Memory
2. Hard Drive
3. Screen Size

However, weight and battery life would be the deciding factors.

Is it true that HP makes the best laptops? How are the HP Mini Series and Pavilion DV2?
Any other suggestions?

Thanks