Eh, heavy laptops are a pain
Speaking as someone who used an ASUS ROG laptop for Uni
You don’t want a heavy laptop
Removeable 👏 battery 👏 with 👏 an 👏 👏👏👏👏 (I don’t know how to do these) 👏 with 👏 deposit system 👏 security updates open sourced
Everything except the disc reader and writer. Laptops are mobile, I can carry a usb drive if I need extra space, not lug around a bunch of discs.
or that, you know a lithium ion ups would make that work really well
screen big enough to blind people behind me.
I don’t think the size of the screen would make a difference for causing blindness. You want a brighter screen. But then it would also blind you 🤷♂️
At my work, we have some ruggedized Dells that are certified for extreme and/or explosive environments that you definitely wouldn’t want to get hit with. I have to lug one in my carry on from time to time, I think they’re 8-11ish pounds depending on options. Good battery life, pricey as hell though.
I watched someone get fully knocked out when a milspec dell slid off a roof onto them - those things are no joke.
Shout-out to my college laptop, a hand-me-down CF-27 Toughbook with a handle. It was a beast and sturdy AF. I could check email, take notes , play nethack, and ssh into my desktop if I needed anything more intense.
14" screen 16x10 2560x1600 res dual video so i can use low power or light gaming.
Enough nits to see it outside in direct sun
Keyboard with a little travel, power button outside the keyboard.
touchpad the size of a 2010 smart phone with good palm rejection
14 hours of battery life, 3 hours of gaming
USBC charging, battery charge indicator with a button so i can see power when it’s off.
2 usbc thunderbolt, 3 usb a 3.1+, minisd card reader, microsd card reader.
Headphone jack, ethernet jack, HDMI port.
Bluetooth and Not killer wifi.
Speakers with enough range not to sound like total ass, volume that doesn’t clip when turned up.
Memory accessible by opening 2 screws.
The newest Ideapad Slim 5 16" AMD ticks all of those boxes.
Only exception is ethernet port but it has everything else AFAIK.
You know, ethernet on USBC is not the worst thing. I am a little worried about the videocard though.
I agree with all of this. And seriously, bring back an actual built in ethernet port. Even the best USB adapters are terrible.
My ThinkPad T-480 running Linux Mint, my beloved ❤️❤️❤️
Dang, one of the few that can run free firmware. Put libreboot on that thing! If you haven’t already
I haven’t, but I’ve been heavily considering it
I’ve done one before, it was an involved process but doable with the right tools. I think it’s easier on the T480s than the older thinkpads though
Is there a way to install LibreBoot, without screwing up my main Linux Mint install? Or would I have to back up my shit, and reinstall from scratch?
That bludging someone to death is a safety feature, so you can defend yourself in case someone attacks you.
13" screen max
then just make it thiccLaptops already reached the maximum limit of a battery you can take on an airplane. 100 to 160 Wh batteries need airline approval before you can bring it onto the airplane and anything about 160Wh is forbidden. So yeah larger batteries are not gonna happen, until solid state batteries become the norm.
solid state batteries
Also known as, the essential oils and healing crystals of the battery industry.
I think I see a “company” announce at least once a year they cracked solid state. Cue “Can I see it?” - “No.” meme.
Or hear me out, sell one with a removable battery so I shove a fuck off big battery in that sonovabitch. I ain’t getting on a plane so let me jam a batter that could power the electrical system in my 2001 Tacoma for a week.
Alright then give me a laptop with an 50 array of 99 watt batteries.
So 99wh swappable is the sweet spot?
Framework baby 😎
There are refurbished laptops that have pretty decent specs and a whole array of ports, y’know.
But not battery life
Or cooling. I don’t know what it is about older laptops, but when they were new they seemed quiet and chill, and as they age they become lap-cookers.
How they were built in my experience. I had an HP that kept overheating after 30min. I finally took it apart. Fan connected to a copper euct system that passed over the gpu and cpu. Over the cpu there was a gap big enough to see under. I ended up taking a 1980 penny and sanded that shit smooth, pasted it on both sides with teeny drops, then clamped it back down. Overheating stopped, but after about 3 mo the wifi broke, then 3mo after that the gpu (same chip on that mobo). Damage had already been done. I then got a Dell, only to find out about a year later the mobo was involved in a class action lawsuit, only my model, despite having the same board, didn’t get a recall. I am not a fan of laptops tbh.
Perhaps just dust collecting inside and maybe thermal paste aging a little too much. Cleaning 'em out may suffice to get them running cooler again.
