Current design fads in laptops that you hate.

[mporange]

Proprietary Drivers.

[weinter]

Computers with poor ventilation by placing aesthetics over engineering and smart alec users claiming "you are using it wrong(tm)" when the issue is mentioned.
Make the computer ridiculously thin just to please users who knows nuts about computer engineering trying to defy the laws of physics in the process, increasing e-waste by shortening the lifespan.
It is 21st century and you still think they can't get the physics right.

[Steven]

Proprietary Drivers.

Hm, Can you clarify?

[KCETech1]

Hm, Can you clarify?

examples I can think of:

Sony Z2's video drivers, no external screen support higher than 1200 and OpenGL 1.1 support only with the PMD attached


Dells propitiatory video drivers for some of their Optimus implementations
( m11x for example )

Older Dell mPCI wireless cards that wouldnt work with the actual broadcom driver unless modded

Apples complete btch of a Quadro driver, and RAID driver for Mac Pros

most mfgrs have been guilty of it once or twice where you are stuck with their drivers and cant use the ones directly from the components OEM, a huge pain if they arent updated frequently

[mporange]

examples I can think of:

Sony Z2's video drivers, no external screen support higher than 1200 and OpenGL 1.1 support only with the PMD attached


Dells propitiatory video drivers for some of their Optimus implementations
( m11x for example )

Older Dell mPCI wireless cards that wouldnt work with the actual broadcom driver unless modded

Apples complete btch of a Quadro driver, and RAID driver for Mac Pros

most mfgrs have been guilty of it once or twice where you are stuck with their drivers and cant use the ones directly from the components OEM, a huge pain if they arent updated frequently

Nail on the head

[Indrek]

Hate is a strong word, but I greatly dislike:
- glossy screens
- huge bezels
- sunken hinges
- chiclet keyboards
- latchless screen lids
- excessive thinness
- buttonless touchpads

[Mikeoo17]

Internal batteries. Thank Apple for that one.

It might not be a trend, but front facing ports also bother me. Nothing worse than using a laptop with a headphone wire sticking into you and getting in the way.

As above, thick bezels and bad Fn-key layouts seem unnecessary.

[Geekz]

non standard keyboards between manufacturers, kinda annoying finding that PgDn/PgUp, End/Home only to find out it's hidden under a Fn key or somewhere else.

[Mickbt26]

Touch controls for me, like the volume and brightness they never work 100%

I would prefer the old style volume dial but maybe I'm just getting old

[HTWingNut]

glossy surfaces and cheap plastic - fingerprint magnet!
glossy screens
crappy 1366x768 screens (horrible viewing angles, color saturation, washed out) with no option for alternatives
whitelisting specific wi-fi cards only
non-easy to swap RAM and HDD (or voids warranty if you do)
stupid fan profiles with no user control whatsoever