Suggestions in regards to a development/work laptop

[johnroach]

Hi! As a software developer would love the following options:

• A high-resolution webcam: Guess what I do with my laptop? Attend meetings! Having a high-resolution webcam is pretty important for meetings one needs to attend. Please don't skimp off a good solution. I would be amazed if System76 decides to lead the industry by adding a 1080P camera to their laptop.
• An option to not have num pads: Typing on the left side of the keyboard really makes it difficult to concentrate on a difficult problem. I really do believe keyboards in the middle help with concentrating while writing code.
• Single USB A and ethernet input: I am now OK with living in a world where USB-c is king. However, I would love to have at least a single older type of input just support older peripherals I still need to connect to when dealing with older server components.
• USB-C power: I want to be able to switch my power cable input from left to right. I really dislike it when I switch from my mac to my ThinkPad when I lose that option. who knew that this was a pretty useful capability.
• High-resolution(4K) OLED screen option that doesn't glare: I read a bunch of text (documentation, code, etc) and I have noticed I get less strain on my eyes when reading on OLED screens that have high resolution. The most important ability of this screen should be it shouldn't glare. I really like Thinkpad's no glare screens(although not OLED).
• Headphone jack: please don't get rid of this
• Good battery: Let us hit the max!!! The 100-watt hour is the max. Let us hit that!!! I love it when I don't have to worry about finding a plug during tech conferences.
• Good thermals: please don't thermal throttle me when running a VM or a docker-compose project :)
• Small bezels: I really need more screen real estate without increasing the size of the laptop. I have found the sweet spot of a laptop is around 15.6~16. Please don't make a larger laptop. It is so much of a hassle to carry if you do.
• A comfortable keyboard layout: Please don't create a new weird keyboard layout where hitting ; becomes an issue. I really dislike it when the layout is so different it takes forever to get used to. Would really like a thinkpad like keyboard. However would be OK with something that has a lower profile. Just please allow us to center the keyboard.
• NVIDIA card: CUDA programming is a thing. Please do have an option to have this as an option.

Please do contact me if you have any questions. Can't wait to see what comes out of System76. Would really like it to be my new work horse.

[Dmole]

@johnroach your title is basically the same as the repo title, It's likely best to split this up into a request per issue.

All good points though.