I'm still stuck on a Dell Latitude D830, though its been extensively upgraded with parts cannibalized from other laptops and extra antennae hacked in. I'd like a 15" replacement, but they don't seem to make them in Ultrabook flavour, and I'd like better than just FHD. Doesn't need to be full 4K, but better than FHD. Also I find keyboard on the E6540 or the T540 to be awful in that its not centered on the screen. A laptop does not need the number pad!!!! Put some speakers there, put some dead space, or whatever, but a big number pad that forces my wrists to bend in some assymetric fashion when using it is definitely not cool.


Dell had the Precision M3800 which looked promising at first with its display, but the real shocker is that it had no proprietary docking solution. Without being able to hook it up on the desktop easily to a pair of 4K displays, it not really suitable for my next laptop. It doesn't have a trackpoint/pointing stick either, which is another mandatory feature for me.

Likewise, the Apple products fail for the same reason. If they want to be serious business-class tools, they need to be able to be dropped onto a dock, and must have the trackpoint. The touchpad just doesn't cut it when on a plane or otherwise subject to any sort of vibration, and lacks the precision.