The perfect laptop? with new Sandy Bridge.

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I prefer 15" laptops and have used a Dell M1530 for the last 3 years. I find it's combination of light weight with a 15" 1920x1200 screen perfect for my usage.

So if someone was going to offer me my perfect laptop today it would have to consist of the following features.

15" Screen supporting a minimum of 1920x1080 but preferably 1920x1200 resolution. 3D would also be a highly desirable feature.

Minimum 256GB Generation 2 SSD, Blu Ray writer Drive.

6GB DDR3 Memory.

Sandy Bridge processor, probably the one immediately below the top spec one so I don't pay a silly premium. As I run mostly Linux these days I want more cores (or Vcores) then straight speed.

I'm not really a gamer so am not bothered about the latest fastest graphics card. If the onboard graphics will handle 3D acceleration for Aero and Compiz, and also allow Movies to run without needing too much help from the CPU cores that'd make me happy.

Maximum weight probably no more then 6 pounds (3 kilos) please.

And you?

 

With new platform, abundant memory and fancy SSD around, the next and last thing to make a laptop perfect is the SCREEN. I won't feel right until all major manufacturers offer upgradable options on their 15+ inch or even 14 inch lines.

 

15.6" with quad-core SB and Radeon HD 6570M GDDR5 or higher and switchable graphics with 6 hours of battery life and less than 6 pounds for under $1100. SSD not necessary; would rather have two 750GB 7200RPM HDDs.

 

Might want to look at the XPS 15...but supposedly it is receiving a refresh later this month or Feb.

 

It's big and bulky, and I don't think it would fit in my bag...

Either way, if I actually buy a new laptop this year (which will be hard), it won't be until summer, so I have time. Even then, the only problem I have with my dv6tse is whatever defect is causing it to run hot, so I could still keep it; I just don't want to.

What I really want is a dv6 with two fans and a 1080p screen option. Never gonna happen, though...

 

Well that and all new HP's are rubbish to service. The cheapo ones are fine...but they break more than the more expensive ones.

 

Screen: 14-15
Screen resolution: My eyes are losing vision, so I prefer no extreme resolutions.
DVD-ROM: No thanx, I prefer space for another HDD, and I can always use a USB one
CPU: core i7 (Sandy Bridge)
RAM: 6-8 GB
HDD: I prefer SSD, 80GB would be enough, 120 is good, 160 perfect but I can't afford that, so 80 is enough
OS: No thanx, I can get what I want, I'd rather spare the 100-400 $ of the OS
Price: hopefully less than 1200$
Weight: hopefully not heavy like my 4KG Vostro

 

w4j3d, it's not like manufacturers pay 100$ or so for the os. more like 20 - 40$ at most (and most of this get backpayed by installing crapware on it like stuff from symantec). so most likely, you get the laptop more cheap WITH os than WITHOUT. and you can't say no to a free license..

 

15.6" Full HD Screen
Sandy Bridge core i5
6GB RAM
Discrete Graphics (at least 1GB dedicated VRAM)
500GB upwards HDD
USB 3.0 port(s)
Express Card slot
Blu Ray player (prefer slot load)
Chiclet style keyboard

 

well.. the PERFECT laptop would have an oled screen on it... have it on my phone, it's beyond awesome.

other than that, ulv sandy bridge it'll be for me, 12". convertible tablet. ssd, no need for usb3, n oneed for express card, no need for bluray player or anything. i'm far beyond external media anyways (networked data only).

 

-Small form factor 14 inch with quad core, or ultraportable 11 inch with ULV chip, 1 inch thick or under
-Gen 3 X25-M of user choice, preferrably 300 to 600GB
-No manufacturer specific driver BS
-Biggest battery possible. 95WHr on the 14in or 56W on that ultraportable would be perfect
-Blu ray disc player
-Waterproof keyboard would be nice. It would be easy to clean when it gets messy

 

15.4" 1920x1200 screen
MXM 3.0B slot
2920XM support

 

14" with quad-core or a <14" with dual-core with high resolution
At least 4 GB of memory
AMD Radeon HD 6570M or higher
SATA 6Gb/s support for a 120GB SSD
External Blu Ray player
At least 2x USB 3.0

 

I got 2 -- (rather like Mirakel above)

ultra-portable, ULV proc, 6+gb ram, ssd, no optic drive, sata3/usb3, hdmi 1.4, spdif, gaming graphics card, 1600x900 led

15.6" -- same but with optional disc or hdd, 1080p screen, and with a full-out i7 mobile processor

edit: uEFI (no BIOS) if available before ivy bridge on generic laptops

 

15.6 900p 120hz oled
capable of 2920xm
sata 3 dual hdd bays
a gpu of rendering games in 2d/3d at 60fps
triple or quad slot ram
6lbs or less
1500usd or less

 

16" 1080p HD LED
I7 2820QM
Intel G3 300 GB SSD
8 GB 1600 MHz RAM
1080p WIDI
Geforce GTX 560 with a fully functional Optimus

 

Well, that's a start. But considering that screen technology is most likely the most rapidly changing part of any computer, a changeable screen would be even better.

That technology is secure and stable enough for you to put all you eggs in one basket is it? Well, to each his own I suppose.

It's not an ultraportable, but big and bulky? Really?

An excellent notebook especially considering price. In addition, Dell is also a leader in notebook audio, as the XPS was rated as one of the best you can get.

 

Lenovo X220

• Core i5-2520M (hopefully non soldiered so upgradeable to Ivy Bridge)
• 4GB DDR3-1333MHz Ram (upgrade to 8GB later on)
• 160GB Intel G2 SSD (that I already have)
• 12.5" LED screen (guessing they will change to it from 12.1")
• Intel HD 3000 graphics
• 6-cell battery (expecting at least 6 hours)

 

I blame the design. It makes it look bulky. And that hump sticking out probably means most bags for 15.6" laptops can't hold it. Not to mention the fact that it has Optimus and probably won't be switching back to Radeon...

 

no. cpu update about once a year. screen update not really needed since 5 years. i update per laptop, thanks.

what, networking? yeah, so far companies all over the world use a thing called "networking" for about all their storage purposes. it's very fast (1Gbit/s), it's supported on about ALL hardware (find me any pc that does not have a network connection, or wlan), and it works all the time.

i don't get your "one basked" thing. it's not more or less reliable than external harddrives or something.. (but my storage pool actually is, as whs does not put all my data onto one disk only, which your hdd/usbstick solutions would be. disk dead, data on it, gone. not for me. never for me.)

 

A MacBook pro 17 with sandy bridge,8gb of ram, 2nd gen ssd, dedicated graphics that is decent and mouse acceleration adjustment feature in the stupid settings so I can buy a Mac again

 

according to one press release, the kinds of screens you are looking for might be unveiled by samsung this year:

Samsung to show flexible AMOLED display at CES 2011



clearly it would be 2012/13 before any laptops started rolling out with those -- but we're getting there

edit: tell you the truth, I think no US-bound graphics card in a laptop could handle that much resolution very well .. maybe longer than just a year or two

 

I think I need some tissues!!

I do have on my desktop an IBM T221 that runs at 3840x2400 and I use a Quadro FX 3400 to drive it so wouldn't expect any problems with the current range of GPU's outputting at that resolution.

 

The same sb laptop I have are back on sale at MicroCenter. With a discounted price too (by $50, now $1099)

 

My ideal laptop:

14" 900p screen
Quad Core CPU w/ iGPU at least that of Sandy Bridge
Dedicated GPU at least 6570m
USB 3.0, eSata, expresscard, etc.
Backlit keyboard
Blu-ray reader
500 GB hybrid ODD e.g. Momentus XT (Full SSD I'll concede to save $$)
5+ hours battery life under medium use

 

14.1" Dell Business series notebook

14.1" LED backlit hopefully 1440x900 offered
SB Core i7 w/ IGP\Nvidia GT42X or GT43X GPU or higher decent switchable graphics
1 USB 3.0 port, 1 eSATA/USB combo, expresscard
Standard DVD drive modular bay
Up to 9 cell battery offered
Backlit keyboard
Synaptics touchpad
120GB SSD

Also hope SB removes 16:9 screens. One can only wish

 

A typical backlit LCD accounts for half the operational life of a battery. By switching to more precise and efficient LED backlit screens, you not only get a better picture, you save energy to boot. OLED will save even more. I think the ability to employ these technologies are paramount in any mobile computer.

The ability to transfer data wirelessly. It's still far behind wired and optical in stability and safety, as well as being far less secure.

It's simple: depend solely on one method of data transfer and any breach in that system leave you without any alternative. Any and every system needs to have a backup or alternative. Every system operator from the individual laptop to major corporations should know that.

For get about removing the 16:9 screen (that's the new standard), however, I see no reason why Dell or another of the major manufacturers can't have a line of computers that cater to the old screen standard as long as there's enough support for it. After all, Dell does offer a gaming division.

Speaking of extra cost extras, that eSATA/USB combo (or any others for that matter) should also be 3.0, even if their at upgrade costs. But, at lest one should come standard.

 

Ummm if its not until summer might as well wait for ivy bridge. Check out my sig and look at forge's copper mod link in my thread. It'll give you some great idea's to fix heat issues. My g51 was at like 10% understock or more and it hit 105C in furmark in like 2 mins. I cna now overclock it by 7% which is the max stable and run prime 95 with fur mark and hit 90-98C depending on room temp ^^ I still got to do the actual copper mod and put artic silver 5 on it.

 

Unfortunately seems like 16:10 is dying breed...and I really mean over like 1440x900, I would like 1680x1050 for 14" available at least. The Precisions still offer 16:10 but I can't pay an arm and a leg for it.

 

Ivy Bridge probably isn't coming for a year, I can't risk opening this up and breaking something (this is NOT an easily serviceable laptop, and it sucks because I know some good thermal paste is all it needs), and I really want to upgrade to a quad anyway.