Ars Technica has an editorial on what they'd want in a laptop in 2017. Inspired by this, I figured to make my own list and ask SN for input. I'm not looking for a laptop, but it's fun to think about specs, right?
Anyway, I do think use case is important. My use case: working and travelling daily with laptop, sometimes to various institutes to give presentations. This already leads to some important requirements:
Thinking about it more, most of the things the Ars Editor loves are things I honestly don't use, or actively do not want (touch screen).
With that in mind, I'd arrive at:
Other than that I'd go for modern iterations of specs for things like ethernet, wifi, CPU, etc. So Kaby Lake processor, things like that. GPU is not a big issue, so probably the integrated Intel thing on a modern Intel CPU will be sufficient.
Anything I missed? Anything you'd do radically different? If so: why?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 02 2016, @10:32PM
You need a Bernie Sanders, a Jill Stein, an FBI and a Department of Justice. Oh and being married to a former President of the United States helps.
(Score: 3, Informative) by ikanreed on Friday December 02 2016, @10:39PM
If you're gonna go for the shallow politics jab, shouldn't you have stayed topical and gone with "A private email server off premises"? Like... then there's an actual joke rather than a lazy conservative "Laugh because you also hate this person" style joke.