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The Perfect Laptop

So I'm still convinced that my favorite laptop is my Dell Inspiron 700m^[1]. Granted I sold it in order to get my new Eee-PC 1000h which isn't terrible, but isn't especially good either.

I find that the size of my 700m was exactly the properly proportioned size, the resolution of the screen was decent enough for nearly any program//application I needed to run on it. Now compared to today's laptops it is kind of a beast, 1.5 inches thick and 4.2lbs.

However I believe that given a little bit of modern tender loving care the 700m could be made into the absolute best laptop ever.

If Dell did decide to bring back the 700m I'd hope that it would have maybe 0.5-0.75 inches shaved off of the thickness and maybe... a pound shaved off it's weight. Apart from putting it on a diet, I'd expect that it would have a nice magnesium case like the Latitude series have instead of the albeit super-sturdy composite^[2] they've used in the past.

I think of all the features on the laptop the only one I feel like I'd want to stay exactly as it was is the display, it was and still is the brightest//sharpest laptop display I've ever used//seen. Also the resolution was perfect as well at 1280x800.

If I could get a new 700m with a make-over for the modern day I'd expect it to have support for a nVidia 9400M^[3]. And with the new graphics card I'd be willing to ditch the VGA port for an HDMI port.

As well as the inclusion of the graphics card I'd probably want at least a Intel Core 2 Duo SL9600^[4] (ULV @ 2.13Ghz). Then throw in 3GB of DDR3, along with a 64GB SSD probably the the new Crucial SSD series^[5].

And of course the last requirement: $1100 or less. Haha, yes I'm aware that this is an awful lot to ask for but, it would be my perfect laptop.

1. Dell Inspiron 700m Review [↩]
2. Very much like Nikon composite, it's nigh-indestructible. [↩]
3. NVIDIA® GeForce® 9400M: This motherboard GPU redefines the notebook architecture by combining a mainstream GPU, system memory controller, and system I/O into a single chip for the smallest, most power efficient visual computing experience ever available in notebooks. [↩]
4. Intel Core 2 Duo SL9600: 2133MHz, 6MB L2-Cache, 1066 MT/s, 1.050 - 1.150V, 17W, $316 [↩]
5. CT64M225: 64GB Crucial M225 2.5" Solid-State Drive. [↩]