I’ve been looking at some laptops for a few weeks now because I’m planning to buy a new one in a few months. I have used my empirical knowledge to deduce that there are two types of laptops. You can either get a good looking one, or one that is actually usable in the hardware department. Good looking laptops almost all have integrated video cards, come with laughable memory and whatnot. My main problem is the video card, I don’t necessarily want a gamer laptop, but I like to play the occasional game now and then, and I would appreciate some power under the hood.

On the other there are the quality laptops with great stuff purring under the cover. These laptops usually have weird lights all over the place, exceptionally ugly speakers, and other visual awesomness which makes my eyes water.

One other complaint I have is the position of jack inputs. Why oh why do they put these so often on the front? Have you ever tried to listen to music while working curled up on your bed? The jack pierces your gall bladder, while it also messes with the jack input itself. I would also love to have a normal numpad, although that is of secondary importance.

So let’s se what my perfect laptop is like. First of all it has to look good. Speakers are generally disguisting, so they must be well designed, also the touch pad should be simmple, no fanciness there. The video card needs to be a decent one, just as the actual processor. I would lke 2GB RAM, but worst case scenario, I just buy extra. A numpad would be great, but thats not a problem if it’s not there. Oh, and having the lid outside matte black would be great, I hate the glossy stuff they put on these days. That’s it, I don’t think I’ll ever find this model though, perhaps as a sort of bare bone, put it together yourself buy.