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 Saturday December 03 2016, @04:12AM
How about a centered keyboard and trackpad. None of this cancerous off-center usability disaster because the manufacturer put a fucking NUMBER PAD on a 15" laptop.
Anything more, like a classic layout, is wishful thinking
A non 16:9 display ratio would be nice too. Maybe even 3:2.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 03 2016, @02:22PM
I have wondered about that for years. Why have a *keypad* on a laptop? It makes no sense.