Well, for one, it would free up the similar laptop I already got to
just run Amithlon (or if that wasn't so fun, bsd) to run just OpenBSD!
This is a near-term thing I could look forward to!
However, an 'official' laptop seems unexciting to me with only
the items mentioned.  Most important are the particulars distinguishing
the listed spec from a Dell 2650, preferably:
1- GeForce4 440 Go or newer, pleasingly modern GPU; the
GeForce2Go (with 16MB video RAM; too little) I have is
not so much too slow as inefficient; with factory settings it would
actually crash from running too hot and too fast.
(Accelerating the Ami* and possibly OpenUAE graphics
is a necessity to meet for good speed in those environments,
but an energy-efficient GPU is a good sideeffect and
portability (read: battery lifetime) enabler.)
1.5- Great control over CPU state; by use of 'internet keys'
wired to BIOS/bhipset routines directly or preferably a scroll
wheel.  Also, hibernate that works, please.
1.7- Bootable to USB 2.0 drives (e.g. larger external ones)
in BIOS, please.
2- P4 Dells overheat.  They have a big heatsink and a little fan
to pull air through it, and if you don't elevate thelaptop off
the desk or table or bed it's on, the fan will -stay- on.  Not good
for MTBS (mean time between service; unless you've got an
angle on making money on service from Amigans.....)
One excellent solution is to include a heatpipe which runs
behind the AMLCD, thus using the backside of the display
half as a radiator.; though it interferes with the case notion
below.  (yes, Aavid or such makes some as a standard part.)
I prefer to include the heatpipe but employ the radiative
mass in elevating the laptop (i.e. in the form of a catch-handle
and second logo device behind the laptop, which generally
provides stow and attachment for elevation legs (move them
out farther to get to the next-higher ekevation, until the sides
of the laptop are met.)  This also happens to provide a little
protection for USB 2  and 1394 cables that I tend to keep
plugged in all the time (a bit longer port life? Please.)
3- A case color other than brown or black, and preferably (if the
display module NRE is entirely permissive) the capability to
-run with the backlight off.-  Again, to save battery power, but
also as a feature; maybe you remember the iBooks modified
in this manner.  The user has the privilege to pull out the
backlight diffuser and fiberoptic lightpipe/CF assembly, with
its backreflector, and the whole warrantee.  This provides
for excellent outdoor use, often with the diffuser reinserted
to keep depth-of-field distractions minimised.
What would I like?  A1200 putty color, any translucency,
in or over a rosewood-colored (in KDE color browser, I see
chocolate, firebrick and a couple of 'indian red' that are great
candidates) base.
I would also like to be able to at least turn off the backlight
without closing the lid, and to be -able- to fit an -external-
light source such as a UV-filtered solar collector (and glare
hood) to feed
into the backlight.  Not only does this make an excellent
color environment but lets one work outdoors tolerably.
The logo should be a coloration of a
minimal surface, as the MAA is trying to get me to renew
with:  demos at http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/pbourke/geometry/
at first blush.  We'll see what comes out of the contest and
maybe you'll like the mapping MathCAD does of the
logo to a minimal surface or manifold that reflects the
openness of AmigaOS, Ami* and Amiga community.
MAA.org has more references, I'm sure.
4- Obviously Elfin details., e,g, the backlight inlet.
Other details:
USB2.x preferred; FireWire would be needed if that's unavailable.
Options like 802.11b or attabhable WiFi hub for ethernet port
should round out the offering.  An option for just-released
.13 micron P4 (with mobile power features) could make more
reviewers greenlight the series; much better power consumption,
and almost certainly a higher a top clock come with that.
CompactFlash, SmartMedia and MMC flash memory card
interfaces would be very pleasant.  I've mentioned booting to
USB, and booting from CF would be a pleasant extigency also.
To that end, a backup solution with compression using
USB 2 storage or the multimode drive is always a nice
bundle item; that or a chance to back out a patch under 3 OS.....
Blue skies (and clear water and fresh air):
Waterproof to 30 feet, 3 Ethernet ports plus onboard WiFi.
Svelte; 3-line frontpanel LCD and bright red pager LED,
builtin G4 cellphone functions, choice of side and
frontpanel trim: Ivory-like stuff inscribed with M68k memory map
and various OS 3.9 structures or textured fur that
says 'This is Amiga Speaking' when stroked 'round.
Decent keyboard, as in Toshiba or IBM laptops; perhaps
an ergonomic fingerworks.com device (they work as
keyboard and mouse) as the keyboard/trackpad.
2 Directional planar mics atop AMLCD; soundcard with multiple
18 bit A-D and noise reduction DSP that work in our
(second-through-fourth, at least) favorite OS.
Actual 7" bellows pulls out at nominal ventilation
fan location for real void-comp (the test in Blade
Runner) style cooling and extended bass; active cooling
and airfiltering is available to adjust humidity at user
seat and provide mineral water.
HyperTransport ports.