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The two main things I would like to see are:
1. Reduce power consumption while maintaining function. In other words, work on engineering that will reduce power requirments and/or only power those components that are actually in use. Do what is possible to allow the user to pick and choose at what level to manage, all the way from total manual settings to total automatic settings. By reducing power needs, battery life will improve and heat issues will be minimized.
2. For the non-technical consumer, HP should provide recommended configurations like "normal" or "power user". However for the technical, allow him to customize his hardware and software. Choices should be available for CPU, RAM, hard drive capacity and speed, graphics chipsets, optical drives, etc. And I should be able to buy a laptop with no OS installed. Why should I buy a license for Windows if I want to run Linux, Solaris, one of the BSDs, or anything else other than Windows? Or why should I be forced to buy another Windows license when I already have one. And the bloatware... I hate the bloatware! However I'll deal with it if there are advertising dollars generated reduces the cost of my laptop (or any personal computer) since I generally wipe the hard drive and reinstall anyway so I can be sure of what's loaded.
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