Should “only taken outside for repairs” laptops be designed differently?

Question

For example, if you will only use a laptop in your home, then maybe you don't care that much about long battery life?Should there be a separate category for such laptops?

eternityforest · Accepted Answer

I have 2 laptops, one is almost never, but not entirely never taken outside, the other is about $100 and I think from 2013 that I take places.
I still care about small size, and a battery is still needed(Not for portable use, but as a builtin UPS), but it could be much smaller, and with the size they saved, they could make it swappable, or even make it into 2 batteries you could swap individually.
The speakers could also be smaller and the webcam lower quality. I wouldn't want to get rid of them entirely, but I'd rather save the money towards external speakers.

pmontra · Answer

I never owned or used a laptop with a battery that lasted more than four hours, maybe only three. However that has always been ok because I always used laptops at home or in a office. Only a few times on trains, planes, airports. Battery life is not an important factor for me.

PaulHoule · Answer

I have owned various &ldquo;desktop replacement&rdquo; or &ldquo;gaming&rdquo; laptops that had some battery life at first but decline so much in a year that you can just barely count on unplugging the machine at a table from one conference room and making it to the next conference room.

gregjor · Answer

Should? I doubt manufacturers would see any reason to make a separate category, presumably with different pricing. Those are called desktop computers and they don't sell very well for home use.

Should “only taken outside for repairs” laptops be designed differently?

For example, if you will only use a laptop in your home, then maybe you don't care that much about long battery life?
Should there be a separate category for such laptops?

I never owned or used a laptop with a battery that lasted more than four hours, maybe only three. However that has always been ok because I always used laptops at home or in a office. Only a few times on trains, planes, airports. Battery life is not an important factor for me.

I have owned various “desktop replacement” or “gaming” laptops that had some battery life at first but decline so much in a year that you can just barely count on unplugging the machine at a table from one conference room and making it to the next conference room.

Should? I doubt manufacturers would see any reason to make a separate category, presumably with different pricing. Those are called desktop computers and they don't sell very well for home use.