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: 2) by damnbunni on Saturday December 03 2016, @01:47AM
The Panasonic Toughbook CF-54E9716KM hits all of those except VGA, plus it has a DVD drive as well.
It's a bit heavy for a 14" laptop, but it has a carry handle which makes it easier to tote. Also it's a Toughbook. You can beat the crap out of it and it'll keep working.
On the other hand, it's almost six grand.