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, @07:48PM
It's not squating. The software paid to be there. They subsidised
the cost of your laptop. In theory, the manufacturer passes on the
savings to you. For people who don't know how to wipe the hard
drive and install from scratch there should at least be the option
to buy with and without bloatware (at different price points
ofcourse).
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday December 05 2016, @03:23PM
Microsoft is actively working to ensure that you cannot boot another OS. Or that if you can, it is a second class citizen.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.