The Perfect Laptop

The perfect computer should be
- powerful,
- versatile,
- resilient,
- secure.

Powerful
- Can stay powered on for 48 hrs w/o charging.
  * Can watch five feature-length movies
    w/o charging.
  * Can browse the web or read eBooks
    for 16 hours without charging.
- Self-charging.
  * Built-in solar panels to recharge outdoors.
- "Sufficient" RAM size, CPU speed and
  HDD/SSD/memristor/whatevs storage.
  * Ever-changing.
  * Today, in 2023:
    + 64 GiB RAM
    + 24 perf cores; >= 3.0GHz
    + 6 efficiency cores; >= 0.8GHz
  * 4TiB persistent storage

Versatile
- Ergonomic to use when sitting at a desk.
- Compact enough to use in an airplane.
  (Even in economy class.)
- Quick enough at waking from sleep
  that you can pull it out of your backpack
  on the go to check on notifications.
- Has fast WiFi and fast ethernet.
- The screen has that kind of mount that allows
  you to flip it around and use it kind of like
  as though it was an iPad.
- The screen is high resolution.
- It has a separate touchscreen on the back
  which you can use instead, which is eInk.
  (Slower to refresh, but comfortable for
  your eyes.)
- More generally: It works well in low light
  as well as middle of day sunlight.
  It is not tiring to look at.

Resilient and Secure
- As soon as you turn on the computer, it boots
  straight into an unauthenticated desktop
  environment that allows you to connect to
  WiFi and browse the web.
- The computer automatically establishes a
  Wireguard connection to your home server
  when it has an Internet connection.
- GPS Tracking and Altimeter Height.
- It has a built-in SIM-card slot and connects
  over mobile Internet to your Wireguard server
  immediately when powered on and always stays
  connected for SSH access.
- Has a bluetooth beacon and a companion app
  so that when the computer is stolen or lost,
  you use your mobile phone or any other device
  of yours to search for the exact location
  of the computer.
- The ideal computer is fast and capable,
  but it *looks* inexpensive and unappealing
  to steal.
- You can remotely wipe the encrypted data
  from teh computer.
- You can remotely decrypt the encrypted data
  on the computer.